Abstract: Rapid and long lasting defoaming is accomplished by use of a defoamer formulation employing an organopolysiloxane having siloxy groups linked by an alkylene group, a filler, a silicone resin, a silanol-terminated organopolysiloxane, and an inorganic or organic acid.

Abstract: Defoamer formulations with rapid knockdown and extended performance contain specific polyorganosiloxanes having alkylene linkages between siloxy groups, silicone resins, fillers, a polyoxyethylene surfactant, and an organic or inorganic acid.

Abstract: Defoamer formulations with rapid knockdown and extended performance contain specific polyorganosiloxanes having alkylene linkages between siloxy groups, silicone resins, fillers, a polyoxyethylene surfactant, and an organic or inorganic acid.

Abstract: Defoamer compositions which act rapidly and over an extended period of time employ organopolysiloxanes having alkylene linking groups bridging siloxy groups, a filler, a silicone resin, and phosphoric acid.

Abstract: Rapid and long lasting defoaming is accomplished by use of a defoamer formulation employing an organopolysiloxane having siloxy groups linked by an alkylene group, a filler, a silicone resin, a silanol-terminated organopolysiloxane, and an inorganic or organic acid.

Abstract: An endoscopic system according to the invention, in particular for colonoscopy, includes a flexible endoscope with an elongate, flexible shaft, a regulator part, and also an operating part which can be placed on or pushed onto the shaft and which has at least one control element, wherein the endoscopic system furthermore includes a shaft stop, which can be secured on a patient support and which has a locking mechanism, controllable by the at least one control element, for locking the shaft against movement in a longitudinal direction of the shaft.

Abstract: A flexible endoscope shaft with a shaft body which, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the endoscope shaft, is composed of at least two shaft portions with different degrees of flexibility, wherein at least one shaft portion is composed of at least one spring element, and wherein all the spring elements of the shaft portions, which, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the shaft body, are arranged proximally from the outer distal shaft portion, are designed as reversibly deformable spring rods extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft body. In order to create a flexible endoscope shaft that can be produced easily and cost-effectively, each of the shaft portions having at least one spring rod has at least one further spring rod, which is integrally bonded to the other spring rods of the respective shaft portion.

Abstract: Effective and long lasting defoamer compositions are prepared by admixing an organopolysiloxanes, a hydrophilic silica, a hydrophobic silica, optionally an organopolysiloxanes resin, and optionally a water insoluble inorganic compound, at a temperature of 50° C. to 250° C. until the viscosity of the composition has decreased to at least half its original viscosity prior to heating.

Abstract: An endoscopic system according to the invention, in particular for colonoscopy, includes a flexible endoscope with an elongate, flexible shaft, a regulator part, and also an operating part which can be placed on or pushed onto the shaft and which has at least one control element, wherein the endoscopic system furthermore includes a shaft stop, which can be secured on a patient support and which has a locking mechanism, controllable by the at least one control element, for locking the shaft against movement in a longitudinal direction of the shaft.

Abstract: Effective and long lasting defoamer compositions are prepared by admixing an organopolysiloxanes, a hydrophilic silica, a hydrophobic silica, optionally an organopolysiloxanes resin, and optionally a water insoluble inorganic compound, at a temperature of 50° C. to 250° C. until the viscosity of the composition has decreased to at least half its original viscosity prior to heating.

Abstract: A flexible endoscope shank with a shank body which, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the endoscope shank, is composed of at least two shank portions with different degrees of flexibility, wherein at least one shank portion is composed of at least one spring element, and wherein all the spring elements of the shank portions, which, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the shank body, are arranged proximally from the outer distal shank portion, are designed as reversibly deformable spring rods extending in the longitudinal direction of the shank body. In order to create a flexible endoscope shank that can be produced easily and cost-effectively, each of the shank portions having at least one spring rod has at least one further spring rod, which is integrally bonded to the other spring rods of the respective shank portion.

Abstract: (A) Siloxane-based antifoams and (B) silicone polyethers prepared by reacting organopolysiloxanes (1) containing 0.05% to 1.6% by weight of Si-bonded hydrogen atoms with unsaturated polyethers (3) of the formulae: CH2?CR1—(CH2)aO(C2H4O)bR1??(Ia) CH2?CR1—(CH2)aO(C2H4O)b(C3H6O)cR1??(Ib) CH2?CR1—(CH2)aO(C3H6O)cR1??(Ic), where R1 is a hydrogen or a C1-6 hydrocarbon radical, a is 0 to 16, b is 1 to 50, and c is 1 to 50, wherein the sum b+c is ?10 and at least two different polyethers (Ia), (Ib) and (Ic) are used, and optionally further reacting the reaction product with organopolysiloxanes (2) containing from 0.01% to 0.5% by weight of Si-bonded hydrogen atoms, wherein the first and second step reactions take place with a hydrosilylation catalyst, and the weight ratio of Si-bonded hydrogen in organopolysiloxane (1) to Si-bonded hydrogen in organopolysiloxane (2) is at least 1.5.

Abstract: The invention relates to an endoscope having a bendable guide element, by means of which a tool can be securely guided and simultaneously steered outward into a broad operating area at the head of the endoscope.

Abstract: (A) Siloxane-based antifoams and (B) silicone polyethers prepared by reacting organopolysiloxanes (1) containing 0.05% to 1.6% by weight of Si-bonded hydrogen atoms with unsaturated polyethers (3) of the formulae: CH2?CR1—(CH2)aO(C2H4O)bR1??(Ia) CH2?CR1—(CH2)aO(C2H4O)b(C3H6O)cR1??(Ib) CH2?CR1—(CH2)aO(C3H6O)cR1??(Ic), where R1 is a hydrogen or a C1-6 hydrocarbon radical, a is 0 to 16, b is 1 to 50, and c is 1 to 50, wherein the sum b+c is ?10 and at least two different polyethers (Ia), (Ib) and (Ic) are used, and optionally further reacting the reaction product with organopolysiloxanes (2) containing from 0.01% to 0.5% by weight of Si-bonded hydrogen atoms, wherein the first and second step reactions take place with a hydrosilylation catalyst, and the weight ratio of Si-bonded hydrogen in organopolysiloxane (1) to Si-bonded hydrogen in organopolysiloxane (2) is at least 1.5.

Abstract: The invention relates to an endoscope having a shaft in which at least one working channel is positioned and having on the distal end of the shaft an endoscope head, such that the part of the working channel contained in the endoscope head can be rotated with respect to the related working channel by a Bowden cable that is mounted on a control handle on the proximal end by a collet. To configure an endoscope in such a manner that it ensures simple construction as well as a constantly even tension of the Bowden cable, it is proposed with the invention that the depth of insertion of a cable cord of the Bowden cable into the collet can be limited by a pressure element acting on the cable cord and collet.

Abstract: Defoamer compositions of high effectiveness containing at least one siloxane-based antifoam and polysiloxane copolymers obtained by coupling a polysiloxane bearing active-hydrogen-containing hydrophilic polymer moieties by means of a di- or polyisocyanate.