Abstract: Guiding tube, in particular a trocar, for receiving and guiding a medical instrument, wherein the guiding tube includes engaging members for engaging an instrument inside the tube and a substantially spherically shaped ball member provided on an outer surface of said tube, wherein the engaging members are provided movable with respect to the tube in a direction having a radial component, seen with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tube, upon compression of the ball member.

Abstract: A bone correcting system which includes a first pin which can be connected to a bone at a first location; at least a second pin which can be connected to the bone at a second location at a distance from the first location; a telescopic fixation member which is coupled rigidly to the first and second pins for the purpose of fixing the mutual distance between the pins during the hardening phase, and which is coupled flexibly to the first and the second pins during a correction phase; and at least a first annular fixation member which is removably connected to the first pin and at least a second annular fixation member which is removably connected to the second pin for the purpose of adjusting the bone during the correction phase. This system provides an efficient, user-friendly and simple system for correcting bones, particularly in respect to bone hardening.

Abstract: Guiding tube, in particular a trocar, for receiving and guiding a medical instrument, wherein the guiding tube comprises engaging members for engaging an instrument inside the tube and a substantially spherically shaped ball member provided on an outer surface of said tube, wherein the engaging members are provided movable with respect to the tube in a direction having a radial component, seen with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tube, upon compression of the ball member.

Abstract: Holding device for holding a manually operated medical device in place, comprising: a connector arranged to connect the holding device to a positioning apparatus; a clamp member arranged to clamp the medical device, wherein the clamp member is moveable between a locking position wherein the medical device is clamped and a moving position wherein the medical device is moveable with respect to the holding device; a joint assembly arranged to allow movement between the clamp member and the connector, wherein the joint assembly is moveable between a moving position wherein the clamp member is moveable with respect to the connector and a locking position wherein movement between the clamp member and the connector is prevented, and; an actuator for moving both the joint assembly and the clamp member between the moving positions and the locking positions.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for simultaneous multiple medicine administration. The apparatus according to the invention comprises a housing in which at least two entry chambers and a collecting point are formed, wherein each entry chamber communicates with the collecting point via a flow path respectively and wherein in each flow path at least one penetration member is arranged, which causes a decrease in pressure downstream to the penetration member with respect to the pressure upstream to the penetration member. According to the method of the invention the independency of flow rates is eliminated irrespective of the equipment that is used, wherein a fluid is fed to a collecting point via separate flow paths and at least one penetration member is arranged within each flow path causing a decrease in pressure downstream to the penetration member with respect to the pressure upstream to the penetration member.

Abstract: An instrument for minimally invasive surgery suitable for use with a manipulator comprising a tube provided at its first end with a mouthpiece wherein control means for the mouthpiece pass through the tube, and wherein at a second end of the tube opposite to the first end comprising the mouthpiece control organs are provided that are coupled with the control means for the mouthpiece that are passing through the tube.

Abstract: Holding device for holding a manually operated medical device in place, comprising: a connector arranged to connect the holding device to a positioning apparatus; a clamp member arranged to clamp the medical device, wherein the clamp member is moveable between a locking position wherein the medical device is clamped and a moving position wherein the medical device is moveable with respect to the holding device; a joint assembly arranged to allow movement between the clamp member and the connector, wherein the joint assembly is moveable between a moving position wherein the clamp member is moveable with respect to the connector and a locking position wherein movement between the clamp member and the connector is prevented, and; an actuator for moving both the joint assembly and the clamp member between the moving positions and the locking positions.

Abstract: An instrument for minimally invasive surgery suitable for use with a manipulator comprising a tube provided at its first end with a mouthpiece wherein control means for the mouthpiece pass through the tube, and wherein at a second end of the tube opposite to the first end comprising the mouthpiece control organs are provided that are coupled with the control means for the mouthpiece that are passing through the tube.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining the position of a vein or artery in a member of a living being. With an IR light source, more particular an IR led light source, the related member such as an extremity and more particular a hand, is trans-illuminated. The IR light emerging from the member is scanned with a camera and the image is produced on a display adjacent to the camera. Camera and display are preferably mounted on a manoeuvrable arm which can be placed in any desired position relative to the member and observer. Displacement of the camera/display unit can be effected through the presence of a grip to be operated by the hand of the observer. If the quite position is found relative to the member the hand of the observer can be used to execute the related treatment to the vein or artery.

Abstract: System for correcting bones, comprising: —at least a first pin which can be connected to the bone at a first location; —at least a second pin which can be connected to the bone at a second location at a distance from the first location; —a fixation member which is coupled rigidly to the first and second pins for the purpose of fixing the mutual distance between the pins during a hardening phase, and which is coupled flexibly to the first and the second pins during a correction phase; and —at least a first annular fixation member which is removably connected to the first pin and at least a second annular fixation member which is removably connected to the second pin for the purpose of adjusting the bone during the correction phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for mechanical organ perfusion during the transport phase of a donor organ, which apparatus comprises an organ receptacle for acommodating the organ, propulsion means for moving the perfusate contained in a liquid compartment of the apparatus to and through the organ receptacle, and oxygenation means for the aeration of the organ receptacle. The propulsion means are embodied as a pump driven by compressed air, while the compressed air serves at the same time for the aeration of the organ receptacle.