Instrument for surgical purposes and method of cleaning same

US6558380B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GFD Gesellschaft für Diamantprodukte mbH · DE

Inventors

• Christian Lingenfelder · Ulm, DE
• Stephan Ertl · Ulm, DE
• Stefan Strobel · Langenau, DE
• Rudolf Rösch · Ichenhausen, DE
• Siegfried Forster · Alsdorf, DE
• Matthias Fryda · Braunschweig, DE
• Lothar Schäfer · Meine, DE
• Inga Tröster · Braunschweig, DE
• Dennie Herrmann · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 2000
• Grant date: May 6, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 8, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/0813
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An instrument for surgical purposes, especially for coagulation, is proposed. This instrument has at least one arm, the tips of the arms having electrical contact regions which can be electrically connected to a control unit for touching a tissue for the purpose of coagulation. The contact regions are formed from doped diamond to produce the electrical conductivity.