Medical instrument, in particular a rectoscope
AssigneeRichard Wolf GmbH
InventorsManfred Boebel, Dieter Metsch, Jose M. Ramirez Rodriguez, Gerhard Fritz Buess
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Abstract
The instrument has a working insert which may be inserted into a coupling housing sitting on the proximal side on an instrument shank and is releasably connectable to said housing and which includes a seal, carried by a carrier, which has at least one elastic socket for the sealed leading-through of auxiliary instruments and which seals a first axial passage formed in the carrier with respect to the coupling housing. The seal consists of a base body which is located in a holder and which with each socket forms a one-piece component of elastic material, and the holder includes an arrangement for the releasable connection to the carrier.
Claims17
A medical instrument, comprising:
- an instrument shank;
- a coupling housing sitting on a proximal side of the instrument shank;
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- a working insert releasably connected to said housing, the insert including a carrier and a seal carried by the carrier, the insert having at least one elastic socket for sealed leading-through of auxiliary instruments and seals a first axial passage formed in the carrier with respect to the coupling housing, the seal having a holder and a base body located in the holder, the seal and the socket forming a one-piece component of elastic material, the holder having means for releasably connecting to the carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.