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US 2006/0069352 A1Published application
Valve for medical instrument
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsPeter Eisenkolb, Andreas Efinger
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AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsPeter Eisenkolb, Andreas Efinger
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The invention relates to a valve for medical instruments for insulating against a distal-side fluid a canal configured in the medical instrument and serving as input for at least one additional medical instrument, having a valve housing where in the valve housing at least one fluid opening is configured, and having positioned in the valve housing at least one insulating body that can be inserted at least partly into the canal. To create a valve which is simple in construction and guarantees reliable insulating effect, it is proposed with the invention that at least one fluid opening is configured in the valve housing by which the fluid can be conducted to the outside of the insulating body in such a way that the fluid opening is so configured that the distal-side fluid can be guided out of the canal to the outside of the insulating body in such a way that the distal-side fluid reshapes the insulating body inward, insulating it, to be essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the insulating body.
A valve for medical instruments, in particular endoscopic instruments, to insulate from a distal-side fluid a canal configured in the medical instrument and serving as input for at least one additional medical instrument, having a valve housing that can be inserted at least partially into the canal, where in the valve housing at least one fluid opening is configured, and having at least one insulating body positioned in the valve housing and consisting of an elastic material distinguished in that the fluid opening is configured so that the distal-side fluid can be conducted out of the canal to the outside of the insulating body in such a way that the distal-side fluid reshapes the insulating body inward, insulating it, to be essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the insulating body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.