Stryker European Holdings I LLC

Gisma Steckverbinder Gmbh

Stryker Trauma Gmbh

Oliver Hirsch

Ole Prien

Helge Giersch

Claudia Graca

Manfred Maletzky

Manfred Maletzki

A tissue protection sleeve for use in suprapatellar surgery is provided. The sleeve has a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface. The sleeve further comprises at least two open grooves that extend along the inner surface from the first end to the second end. The grooves are adapted to accommodate elongated fixation elements inserted into a tibia. A drill guide sleeve and a trocar for inserting a guide wire are also provided and can be accommodated by the tissue protection sleeve.

Guide sleeve for suprapatellar surgery

An optical waveguide connecter includes a socket part having a first waveguide contact placed in a channel of the socket part, and a plug part with a second waveguide contact placed in a channel of the plug part. The plug part channel is sealed with a piston displaceable counter to the force of a spring. The socket part has a pivotable cap for sealing an interface surface of the first waveguide contact. The plug part has a path for receiving the piston, with a section of the path being inclined to the axis of the second waveguide contact. During a plugging process, the cap displaced the spring-loaded piston, frees the first waveguide contact of socket part, frees the second waveguide contact in the plug part channel and is guided through the path.

Optical waveguide connector

A pressure compensated plug connector is provided for making an electrical connection under water. The connector includes a plug part provided with contact pins, a socket part having a casing for receiving a plurality of female contacts. A front plate is also included in the connector having a number of openings which correspond to the number of female contacts employed therein. The casing has at least one pressure compensating bore for compensating pressure between an inner space of the casing and the surrounding environment. A membrane separates an outer space communicating with the pressure compensating bore from an inner space filled with a non-conductive fluid surrounding the female contacts. The female contacts include a sealing sleeve adjacent to the opening, a front contact support, a sliding piston, a spring for applying force to the sliding piston, an outlet valve located between the sealing sleeve and the front contact support which connects the space occupied by the sliding piston in the unplugged state and opens to the inner space when the contact pin is inserted into the female contact, and an inlet valve located in the rear of the female contact which allows for the flow of fluid into the female contact when the contact pin is pulled out.

Pressure compensated plug connector

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