Abstract: An implant for fixing a cranial bone flap in a cranial opening includes a first portion designed to transfer force to the bone flap, a second portion designed to transfer force to a skull bone encircling the cranial opening, and a mechanism connected to the first portion and the second portion. The mechanism is configured such that a transverse spacing, projected onto a transverse axis of the implant, between the first portion and the second portion, is enlargeable, such that the first portion is pressable radially inwardly against the bone flap, and the second portion is pressable radially outwardly against the skull bone. The first portion and/or the second portion are designed for arrangement in an annular gap formed between an outer circumference of the bone flap and an inner circumference of the skull bone. At least two of such implants can make up an implant system.

Abstract: A medical manual instrument has an instrument body with at least one effector portion, at least one gripping portion and an RFID tag. The RFID tag is preferably a glass/ceramic tag housed in the instrument body in a recessed manner. A cut-out or an open section is formed in the instrument body in a region which is substantially force-free when actuating the manual instrument in an operation, in which cut-out or open section a separate recessed tag holder is housed. The holder fills the cut-out or the open section so as to be adapted to the shape of the manual instrument. The medical manual instrument can be part of a system that includes the medical manual instrument and a reader that can be coupled to the RFID tag for signal transmission.

Abstract: A medical instrument includes at least one internal electrical energy load, preferably an electric motor, a cable plug, and a motor cable, which connects the medical instrument to a cable-side end of the cable plug to supply the at least one energy load. The cable plug has a pole-side end for insertion into a jack preferably located on a control unit. A glass tag can be or is inserted into or attached to the pole-side end without an application of force and is provided and designed to be readable by an antenna located on the jack. An adapter component is configured for retrofitting a jack of a control unit. A system includes a medical instrument, a motor cable, a cable plug and a control unit having a jack.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cover cap (2) for a medical component, in particular for a robotic arm, with a circular cylindrical tube section (4) that is closed at its one longitudinal end and is formed open at its other longitudinal end and has an edge (6) terminating the tube section (4) at the open longitudinal end, wherein the edge (6) lies in a plane inclined in relation to a tube section longitudinal axis, and at least three catch tabs (8, 10, 12) arranged at a distance from one another over the circumference of the tube section (4) and projecting radially inward from the edge (6) for attaching the cover cap (2) by clip-on connection. The present disclosure also relates to an assembly kit having such a cover cap (2) and a base cap (40) over which the cover cap (2) can be seated.

Abstract: A medicinal sterile packaging for packaging a medicinal product includes a first sterile barrier designed to receive the medicinal product in a heat-sealed/sealed manner. A second sterile barrier forms a receiving space for receiving the first sterile barrier in a heat-sealed/sealed manner. An outer protective packaging receives the first sterile barrier and the second sterile barrier. The second sterile barrier is a film that forms at least two air pockets separated from one another in the film by a predefined fold-over or folding edge. When the film is folded over along the fold-over or folding edge, the two air pockets come to lie one on top of the other in alignment, such that the receiving space can be produced between them.

Abstract: A medical drilling apparatus includes a cannulated drill having a longitudinal channel extending coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the drill. The drilling apparatus has, at a proximal end, a drilling apparatus coupling portion for coupling to a handle or a drilling machine in a rotationally fixed manner. The drilling apparatus also has a mandrin with a distal mandrin portion and a proximal mandrin portion. The distal mandrin portion is configured for inserting and closing the longitudinal channel of the drill over the entire or substantially the entire length of the longitudinal channel of the drill in a drilling position. The drill includes, in the region of its proximal end, a drill coupling portion that forms the drilling apparatus coupling portion together with the proximal mandrin portion. The medical drilling apparatus can be part of a medical drilling system.

Abstract: A tibial trial insert system includes a bearing component having a superior articulating surface for articulation with a distal femoral surface, a plate component having an inferior fixation surface for fixation to a proximal tibia, and an adjustment arrangement for adjusting a proximal/distal spacing between the bearing component and the plate component. The adjustment arrangement includes an adjustment device having a superior connector element that engages an inferior surface of the bearing component, an inferior base element adapted to be placed upon a superior surface of the plate component, and a telescopic mechanism coupled to the connector element and the base element. The telescopic mechanism can adjust a thickness of the adjustment device. At least one shim is insertable between the superior surface of the plate component and an inferior surface of the base element for adjusting a height level of the adjustment device relative to the plate component.

Abstract: A patella trial implant includes: (1) a fixation member having a longitudinal axis extending between a posterior portion and an anterior portion, the anterior portion being configured for fixation to a resected patella, and (2) a patella component having a posterior articular surface configured to articulate with a femoral surface and having an anterior contact surface configured to contact the resected patella and defining a frontal plane of the patella component. The patella component has a guide slot defining at least one guide axis extending longitudinally in parallel to the frontal plane. The posterior portion of the fixation member engages in the guide slot. The patella component and the fixation member are movable relative to each other in translation along the at least one guide axis and in rotation about the longitudinal axis of the fixation member.

Abstract: A medical sterile goods container and a device setup for documenting a content and a location of the sterile goods container. The device setup includes the sterile goods container, a transport or storage device, and a holding device insertable into the sterile goods container. The sterile goods container has at least one first identification element that is identifiable by an identifier and able to be read digitally. The first identification element is located on an outside of the sterile goods container. The sterile goods container also has at least one second identification element that is identifiable by an identifier and able to be read digitally. The second identification element is located on an inside of the sterile goods container, with the identifier of the first identification element of the sterile goods container corresponding to the identifier of the second identification element of the sterile goods container.

Abstract: A medical instrument includes a handle with a fixed part, a movable part, a locking device, a shaft releasably locked on the handle by the locking device, and a jaw arranged on the shaft. The jaw is movable between open and closed positions by actuation of the movable part. A push-pull element is guided in the shaft and operatively connected to the movable part and to the jaw. The locking device has an actuation element that is movable into a release position to release the locking, and a blocking element which is connected to the movable part and movable into a blocking position in a working position of the movable part, in which the blocking element blocks mobility of the actuation element, and which is movable into an enabling position in a rest position of the movable part, to permit mobility of the actuation element.

Abstract: A medical sliding shaft instrument includes a tool element carrier, a tubular sliding shaft surrounding the tool element carrier and defining a sliding direction, and an actuating device for moving the sliding shaft relative to the tool element carrier in the distal direction. At least one tool element is arranged or movably mounted on the distal end of the tool element carrier. The at least one tool element is arranged or formed so as to cooperate with a distal end region of the sliding shaft in such a way that the at least one tool element is moved as a result of a movement of the sliding shaft in the distal direction. The sliding shaft instrument further comprises a locking device for blocking a movement of the sliding shaft relative to the tool element carrier in at least one advancing position.

Abstract: A surgical instrument, a spacer sleeve for a surgical instrument, and a tool for a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes the sleeve, which is designed to receive a part of the tool. The sleeve has signal lines that extend axially along the sleeve. A magnetic memory output device is arranged on the sleeve and is electrically connected to the signal lines. The magnetic memory output device outputs information about the tool based on information contained in a magnetic memory surrounding a circumference of the part of the tool. The magnetic memory output device also transfers information to an analysis unit via the signal lines of the sleeve.

Abstract: A medical instrument has a first part connected to a second part with a connecting element. The first and second parts are pivotable relative to one another about a pivot axis defined by a longitudinal axis of the connecting element. The first part has a first bearing area, and the second part has a second bearing area. The first bearing area and second bearing area face each other. In a mounted state, a biasing element is arranged between the first and second bearing areas. The biasing element, in the mounted state, is held in a compressed state between the first and second bearing areas by the connecting element so as to exert a biasing force on the first and second bearing areas to keep them biased away from one another.

Abstract: A modular detection system for insertion in a strainer basket for detecting, monitoring and tracing sterile material in a sterilization circuit. The modular detection system includes a strainer basket insert which can be inserted directly in the strainer basket or arranged on a base plate. The system further includes the following individually and optionally electrically coupleable modules: a central electronic unit, a defined or freely selectable number of slots for attaching and/or connecting a predetermined number of retainer systems for retaining sterile material, each retainer system having at least one antenna system for reading a transponder in the sterile material. The system further includes a preferably defined number of conductor tracks to electrically connect the slots and/or retaining systems to one another and/or to the central electronic unit.

Abstract: A medical tool, in the form of a rotatably drivable tool, in particular a cutting tool such as a trepanation tool, the tool having a drive portion which can be connected to a medical device for in particular interlockingly transmitting torque, and a cutting portion which can be coupled to the drive portion so as to transmit torque. The tool comprises an electronic assembly which is designed to be activated by the tool being connected to the medical device, preferably by an operation of plugging the tool into the medical device, and/or to be activated by the cutting portion being decoupled from the drive portion.

Abstract: A computer-implemented tracking method, an apparatus, a tracking system for storing usage data of a medical product, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes the steps of detecting usage of the medical product, creating the usage data which relate to the detected usage of the medical product, and storing the usage data in a data record in a form which cannot be modified retrospectively, specifically in a blockchain.

Abstract: A medical instrument and method for producing a medical instrument. The medical instrument includes at least one instrument arm. A toothing with at least two teeth is formed on a distal end of the instrument arm. Each of the teeth project transversely from the distal end and has two tooth flanks facing away from one another. Each tooth flank has at least one planar first surface region and at least one planar second surface region. The at least one planar first surface region and the at least one planar second surface region are inclined toward one another by a surface region angle. The first and second surface regions are formed by milling, in particular with a CNC machine.

Abstract: A surgical instrument and use of a surgical instrument in open surgery. The instrument has two gripping limbs and a blocking element that releasably locks the gripping limbs relative to one another. The blocking element has a female locking assembly and a male locking assembly. The female locking assembly has a mechanical control device for locking and releasing a locking portion of the male locking assembly. A mechanical control assembly is assigned to the male locking assembly and moves the locking portion of the male locking assembly out of an end position that defines a neutral position into an end position that defines a functional position and, conversely, out of the end position that defines the functional position into the end position that defines the neutral position. The control assembly includes securing elements that secure the locking portion in both end positions.

Abstract: A sterilization basket, sterilization basket system and container system. The sterilization basket is insertible into and removable from a container well. At least one basket handle is mounted movably on a basket side wall. The handle has a gripping portion, which is connected to a bearing portion via a connection web oriented at an angle to the gripping portion, on which bearing portion the handle is held on a bearing on the wall of the basket and is movable into at least one carrying position and into a fixing position. The sterilization basket also has at least one fixing and/or pressing portion or element, which is spaced from the gripping portion and mounted on the basket side wall and is movable and/or deformable by a selected movement of the handle from the basket side wall in the direction outside the sterilization basket to bear against a container well.

Abstract: A medical product and a method of surface treatment and/or manufacture of the medical product. The method includes the step of electrochemically etching the medical product. The medical product can include a metal or alloy and have one or more of the following features: a pitting corrosion potential of 100 mV to 1200 mV, a contact angle of 90° to 140°, and a passive layer having a thickness of 1 nm to 10 nm that coats at least sections of the surface of the medical product.