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US 12,672,911 B2Granted
Resectoscope and electrode instrument for a resectoscope
AssigneeOlympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
InventorsMartin Horn, Christian Brockmann
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Abstract
An electrode instrument and a resectoscope, wherein a cross section of the at least one electrode carrier is locally enlarged between the distal end of the electrode carrier and a guide element.
Claims10
An electrode instrument for a resectoscope having an electrode, the electrode being fastened to two distal ends of two electrode carriers aligned parallel with one another, and at least one guide element that connects the two electrode carriers to one another being arranged on the electrode carriers, wherein:
- a cross section of at least one of the two electrode carriers is locally enlarged between the two distal ends of the two electrode carriers and the at least one guide element;
- an instrument tip is arranged on distal portions of the two electrode carriers and configured to move freely along the distal portions of the two electrode carriers;
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- the locally enlarged cross section of at least one of the two electrode carriers between the instrument tip and the at least one guide element is configured to prevent the instrument tip from moving within a predetermined distance of the guide element.
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