Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to an electrosurgical system, to a method for operating an electrosurgical system, and to an electrode for an electric surgical system. An image detection system of the surgical instrument detects an image of the electrode. The corresponding image data is compared with data sets in a database, in which an identifying feature of the electrode and at least one operating parameter for the electrode are assigned to each other. After the electrode type has been identified, the corresponding operating parameters are transmitted to a controller of the surgical instrument.

Abstract: A transporter for controlling the longitudinal movement of an electrode of a urological resectoscope, with a guide tube which is secured lengthwise on the resectoscope and on which a carriage is mounted so as to be longitudinally movable, with a spring mounted at one end on the carriage and at the other end on one of the ends of the guide tube, and with finger supports secured on the carriage and on one of the ends of the guide tube, is characterized in that the spring is formed in one piece with at least one of the finger supports, and wherein the spring is designed as a leaf spring and has portions curved in opposite directions.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to an electrosurgical system, to a method for operating an electrosurgical system, and to an electrode for an electric surgical system. An image detection system of the surgical instrument detects an image of the electrode. The corresponding image data is compared with data sets in a database, in which an identifying feature of the electrode and at least one operating parameter for the electrode are assigned to each other. After the electrode type has been identified, the corresponding operating parameters are transmitted to a controller of the surgical instrument.

Abstract: A shaft of a laparoscopic instrument, having a ceramic tube which extends over the main length of the shaft and has a sheath which encloses the ceramic tube in at least some regions, is situated to cover those regions of the ceramic tube that are at risk of breakage and is designed to prevent the splinters of ceramic from penetrating through the sheath. The ceramic tube forms a predetermined breaking point in the region of the sheath.

Abstract: A transporter for controlling the longitudinal movement of an electrode of a urological resectoscope, with a guide tube which is secured lengthwise on the resectoscope and on which a carriage is mounted so as to be longitudinally movable, with a spring mounted at one end on the carriage and at the other end on one of the ends of the guide tube, and with finger supports secured on the carriage and on one of the ends of the guide tube, is characterized in that the spring is formed in one piece with at least one of the finger supports, and wherein the spring is designed as a leaf spring and has portions curved in opposite directions.

Abstract: Surgical forceps with a shaft at the distal end of which a jaws piece including jaws is removably mounted. The jaws piece is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the distal end of an actuating rod running parallel to the shaft. The proximal end of the actuating rod can be coupled in a rotationally fixed and longitudinally displaceable manner to a handle arranged on the proximal end of the shaft for transferring movements executed in the longitudinal direction of the shaft. The surgical forceps are characterized in that the handle is designed in such a manner that the rotationally fixed coupling to the actuating rod disengages when the handle is actuated to open the jaws piece.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a resectoscope comprising a shaft and an electrode arrangement that is mounted to be displaceable in a direction of the shaft, shaft, and a carriage that can be displaced in the same direction and that is provided with a carriage contact and with a receiving bore which extends parallel the shaft direction and into which the proximal end region of said electrode arrangement can be inserted by means of an electrode contact for contacting the carriage contact, contact, wherein one of the contacts is formed as a plug-in socket and the other one is formed as a matching plug-in pin, wherein the carriage contact is formed as a plug-in pin.

Abstract: A shaft of a laparoscopic instrument, having a ceramic tube which extends over the main length of the shaft and has a sheath which encloses the ceramic tube in at least some regions, is situated to cover those regions of the ceramic tube that are at risk of breakage and is designed to prevent the splinters of ceramic from penetrating through the sheath. The ceramic tube forms a predetermined breaking point in the region of the sheath.

Abstract: A laparoscopic needle holder includes a shaft embodied as a tube, at the distal end of which clamping jaws are arranged. The clamping jaws can be actuated by a rod running through the shaft, the rod is longitudinally displaceable by a handle arranged on the proximal end of the shaft. The laparoscopic needle holder is characterized in that the shaft has a straight proximal shaft section and a curved distal shaft section, and the two sections are detachably attached to one another.