Abstract: It is provided an invasive instrument for the treatment of a vessel, which possibly includes secondary vessels, with a tip formed for the dissection of tissue at the distal end of a shaft to be introduced into the body. The tip includes at least one recess, in particular a vessel receptacle, which is arranged and formed such that in the operating condition of the instrument always at least one functional unit of the shaft is kept clear, so that working on the vessel, a secondary vessel and/or on the surrounding tissue is possible using or by means of the functional unit.

Abstract: An invasive instrument for treating a vessel, which possibly includes secondary vessels, has a tip formed for the dissection of tissue at the distal end of a shaft to be introduced into the body, with at least one functional unit. The tip includes vessel receptacle means, arranged and formed such that, in the operating condition of the instrument, the functional unit of the shaft is kept clear, so that working on the vessel, a secondary vessel and/or on the surrounding tissue is possible using or by means of the functional unit and with the vessel receiving means the vessel can be fixed in a spatial position. The tip is movable relative to the shaft by means of a guide element and the tip is shiftable in axial direction, so that during the procedure a vessel arranged in the vessel receiving means can be spaced selectively from the functional unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to an insufflator with a supply connection (22) and a delivery connection (14) and a pressure and flow measuring device arranged between said connections (14, 22) for determining measured quantities characterizing a gas pressure at a delivery connection and a gas volume flow at the delivery connection. The pressure and flow measuring device comprises a multilayer board (20) which comprises on its interior at least one flow channel (26) that is connected at its input to the supply connection (22) and at its output (8) to the delivery connection (14). Arranged on the board (20) are pressure measurement sensors (32, 34) and electronic components (4, 6) for the wiring of the pressure measurement sensors.

Abstract: An invasive instrument for treating a vessel, which possibly includes secondary vessels, has a tip formed for the dissection of tissue at the distal end of a shaft to be introduced into the body, with at least one functional unit. The tip includes vessel receptacle means, arranged and formed such that, in the operating condition of the instrument, the functional unit of the shaft is kept clear, so that working on the vessel, a secondary vessel and/or on the surrounding tissue is possible using or by means of the functional unit and with the vessel receiving means the vessel can be fixed in a spatial position. The tip is movable relative to the shaft by means of a guide element and the tip is shiftable in axial direction, so that during the procedure a vessel arranged in the vessel receiving means can be spaced selectively from the functional unit.

Abstract: A rigid endoscope includes a jacket tube with an optical system and, parallel to the optical axis of the optical system, a first glass fiber bundle which emits a beam to illuminate an object to be examined. A second optical illumination system is directed at the object being examined. The second light exit of the second optical illumination system is recessed from the first light exit of the optical system by a distance greater than a diameter of the jacket tube. The light exit axis at the second light exit of the second optical illumination system is offset laterally relative to the image axis at the distal end of the optical system by an amount such that because of the resultant parallax and the shadow formation and unequal light distribution thus attained, the vividness of the image impression for three dimensional objects is increased.

Abstract: Sound energy of a proximally arranged sound source 30 and laser radiation of a therapeutic laser 17 are simultaneously transmitted with an endoscopic instrument via flexible waveguides 3 into the body interior. The sound energy is in a power and frequency range adequate for the cutting tissue 16 and the therapeutic laser 7 operates preferably in the near infrared. The waveguides are quartz glass fibers 3 which can transmit sound energy as well as also light energy.