Abstract: A surgical instrument for treating atrioventricular valve prolapse of the drained human heart, includes a handle for being held by a surgeon, a shaft extending distally from the handle, the shaft having a lumen open to a shaft distal end, a cannulated needle arranged in the shaft; with a distal end of the needle protruding from the shaft distal end at least in one possible needle position. The needle accommodates a first, distal implant equipped for being anchored in a papillary muscle, and a second, proximal implant shaped to hold on to a leaflet of an atrioventricular valve, the first and second implants each including a chord connector portion for connecting the respective implant to an artificial chord. The apparatus further includes a trigger arrangement for releasing the first, distal implant upon a first release actuation and for releasing the second, proximal implant upon a second release actuation.

Abstract: A surgical instrument for treating atrioventricular valve prolapse of the drained human heart, includes a handle for being held by a surgeon, a shaft extending distally from the handle, the shaft having a lumen open to a shaft distal end, a cannulated needle arranged in the shaft; with a distal end of the needle protruding from the shaft distal end at least in one possible needle position. The needle accommodates a first, distal implant equipped for being anchored in a papillary muscle, and a second, proximal implant shaped to hold on to a leaflet of an atrioventricular valve, the first and second implants each including a chord connector portion for connecting the respective implant to an artificial chord. The apparatus further includes a trigger arrangement for releasing the first, distal implant upon a first release actuation and for releasing the second, proximal implant upon a second release actuation.

Abstract: A catheter (100, 200) for insertion into a human and/or animal hollow organ, comprising a catheter shaft (110, 210) with a lumen (120, 220), which opens into a front opening at a distal end (112, 212) of the catheter shaft (110, 210), wherein the catheter shaft (110, 210) has at least a first lateral opening (130, 230a) that is at a distance from the distal end (112, 212) and opens into the lumen (120, 220), is distinguished by virtue of the fact that there is at least a first insertion device (140, 240a), arranged on an external side (114, 214) of the catheter shaft (110, 210) in a region of the first lateral opening (130, 230a), for a wire-like element (300, 400, 500) that should be inserted into the first lateral opening (130, 230a) from the outside.

Abstract: A catheter (100, 200) for insertion into a human and/or animal hollow organ, comprising a catheter shaft (110, 210) with a lumen (120, 220), which opens into a front opening at a distal end (112, 212) of the catheter shaft (110, 210), wherein the catheter shaft (110, 210) has at least a first lateral opening (130, 230a) that is at a distance from the distal end (112, 212) and opens into the lumen (120, 220), is distinguished by virtue of the fact that there is at least a first insertion device (140, 240a), arranged on an external side (114, 214) of the catheter shaft (110, 210) in a region of the first lateral opening (130, 230a), for a wire-like element (300, 400, 500) that should be inserted into the first lateral opening (130, 230a) from the outside.

Abstract: A push-in coupling for pipes contains a sleeve body (2) and a holding means, especially with a clamping body (6), for connecting a pipe end (3, 4) to the sleeve body (2). This push-in coupling permits proper handling with little effort during assembly, and insofar as possible prevents the danger of faulty assembly. A sliding body (50) is disposed within the sleeve body (2), the sliding body (50) being made independently of the holding means. The sliding body (50) contains a striker (52) which upon insertion of the pipe end (3, 4) is pushed over an edge (60), and upon reaching a given depth of insertion of the pipe end (3, 4) strikes against a surface (62) producing a detectable signal such as an acoustical signal and/or a vibration signal.

Abstract: 1-Aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## or their acid addition salts or a metal complex can be employed for protecting plants from microorganisms. In the formula I, R.sub.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, R.sub.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, benzyl, or an ammonium radical which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydrocarbon radicals having not more than 20 C atoms, or a metal ion equivalent.Compounds of the formula I can be employed in the form of crop protection agents using suitable carrier materials.

Abstract: An agent for influencing plant growth, in particular a herbicidal and plant growth inhibiting agent, contains, in addition to carriers and/or other additives, at least one compound of the formula: ##STR1## or the corresponding zwitterion form in which R and R.sub.1 may be the same or different and each can be hydrogen, deuterium or an optionally substituted lower alkyl group, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or heterocyclic radical containing one or more oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur atoms and which may be fused to an aromatic ring, a lower alkyl group substituted by a cycloalkyl radical, a lower alkyl group substituted by an aryl radical, a lower alkyl group substituted by a heterocyclic radical as defined above, or R and R.sub.1 together form a polymethylene chain optionally interrupted by an oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur atoms, or R.sub.1 represents, together with the C(R)--N< residue to which it is attached, the atoms required to complete a heterocyclic radical; and R.sub.2 and R.sub.

Abstract: A device for rolling up a belt of a safety belt assembly for automobiles or the like of the kind employing a locking wheel on the reel spindle for the belt. The locking wheel is moved axially into engagement with a set of teeth on the housing to stop the reel spindle rotatably mounted in said housing. A locking member on the locking wheel first engages another set of teeth on the housing in response to accelerations of the belt in the withdrawal direction to bring the locking wheel to a stop in one of a limited number of known angular positions, whereupon it is moved axially to engage the first mentioned housing teeth with no risk of those teeth coming into tip-to-tip engagement. The locking member may be an inertia body and/or acted on by a separate inertia body, which may be a ring.