Abstract: A disposable laparoscopic single acting scissors is provided, and generally includes a hollow aluminum tube, a clevis coupled to a first end of the aluminum tube and including a pivot rod, a first scissors blade element having a pivot hole for pivotally engaging the pivot rod of the clevis, and having a through-hole in a base section of said first scissors blade element, a second scissors blade element fixedly engaging the clevis, a thin wire rod extending at least partially through the aluminum tube with a first end of the rod having a longitudinally offset terminal portion for engaging the through-hole of the base section of the first scissors blade element, and a plastic actuator engaged to the other end of the rod for imparting reciprocal motion to the rod relative to the aluminum tube which is translated at the clevis into pivotal motion of the first scissors blade element. The first scissors blade element is preferably formed from investment cast bronze.

Abstract: An actuator for a laparoscopic surgical instrument imparts reciprocal motion to a push rod surrounded by a hollow tube. The actuator includes a plastic housing which fixedly engages the hollow tube, and a lever which fixedly engages the push rod and pivotally engages the housing. The housing also preferably includes an integral handle. When the handle and lever are manipulated by the user such as by pivotal movement of the lever, reciprocal motion is imparted to the push rod relative to the hollow tube. The lever also includes an external unevenly surfaced portion which when frictionally engaged by a digit of a human hand will impart pivotal motion to the lever, and hence reciprocal motion to the push rod.

Abstract: Apparatus for destroying calculi in a living body by ultrasonic waves, wherein a plurality of ultrasonic transducers are arranged on the plane surface of a supporting member, with their axes being inclined in such a manner that the axes of the ultrasonic beams produced by the transducers meet at a point where a calculus to be destroyed is positioned.

Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor produces electrical signals representative of measurements of physiological values, especially the circulation parameters of a person. The sensor has at least one radiation transmitter and at least one receiver for radiation influenced by the physiological values being measured. The transmitter and receiver are covered with a transparent adhesive layer on their sides turned toward the object to be measured. The layer is transparent and adhesive at least on its side turned toward to the object to be measured. This transparent layer engages directly on the radiation outlet surface of the radiation transmitter and the radiation admission surface of the radiation receiver.