Abstract: A surgical instrument is disclosed, preferably for the minimally invasive intervention in human or animal tissues comprising a, for example, needle-shaped base body (3) with at least one passage formed from a hollow fiber (2). The at least one hollow fiber (2) is surrounded by a matrix (5) of a fibre composite material. The use of hollow fiber (2) permits a simple production in particular of instruments with a number of passages. The use of more than one hollow fiber (2) within the base body (3) increases the application possibilities, for example, simultaneous monitoring and treatment of the tissue.

Abstract: A self-drilling screw including a drilling section (1; 4) adjoining a thread section (2; 5) of the screw and formed of first (11; 41) and second (12; 42) parts arranged one after another, within the drilling section (1; 4) having first and second cutting edges (15, 16; 45, 46) a radial extension of which is symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis of the screw, in the first, in a drilling direction, part of the drilling section (1; 4), with at least a portion of the second part (12, 42) of the drilling section (1, 4), which is located between the first part (11, 41) and the thread section (2; 5), having in a region of one of the first cutting edges (15; 45), a radial extension (R1; R3) corresponding, at most, to a half of a root diameter (D1; D3) of the thread section (2; 5), and with the second cutting edge (16, 46) having in the second part (12, 42) of the drilling section (1, 4), a radial extension (R2; R4) which is smaller than a half of a pitch diameter (D2; D4) of the thread section (2, 5) and