Patent · US Expired

Resectoscope

US5423795A · kind A · utility

11Cited by

4References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

RICHARD WOLF GMBH · DE

Inventors

Rainer Eckert · Ludwigsburg, DE
Manfred Dangelmaier · Waiblingen, DE
Ralf Breining · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
Johannes Solf
Ludwig Bonnet · Knittlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 8, 1993
Grant date	Jun 13, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 8, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2018/00196
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A resectoscope has a shaft and a lock body which is slidable along the shaft and to which the proximal end portion of a resection electrode can be fixed. A handle is provided for displacing the lock body and thus the electrode along the shaft. The handle consists of a first portion connected to the lock body and projecting radially outwardly of the lock body and a second portion connected to the shaft, for engagement by a thumb of the user of the resectoscope. The first portion of the handle is formed as a disc provided with gripping aids for the user's fingers.

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