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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Lengsfeld, Hamburg, DE;
Christoph Delzer, Salzhausen, DE;
Henning Thate, Hamburg, DE;
Benjamin Ottens, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G01M 3/04 (2006.01); G01M 3/28 (2006.01); F16K 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 1/123 (2013.01); A61B 1/125 (2013.01); F16K 31/001 (2013.01); G01M 3/042 (2013.01); G01M 3/2846 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connecting device through which a gas can flow, for connecting a port of a surgical instrument to a reprocessing device for cleaning the surgical instrument, the connecting device including: a self-actuating valve with a swellable material body.