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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Christoph Knopf, Lübeck, DE;
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
An electrically conductive irrigation fluid for use in bipolar resectoscopic surgery, wherein the irrigation fluid being brought into contact with the electrode of a resectoscope and tissue being coagulated and/or resected by means of the electrode surrounded by the irrigation fluid, wherein the irrigation fluid includes metal ions. Moreover, the method relates to a resectoscopy system including a resectoscope and an irrigation system that is connected to the resectoscope, the resectoscope having a handle and a tubular shaft, and the shaft including an electrode instrument that is arranged so as to be longitudinally displaceable and has in its distal end region an electrode to which high-frequency current can be applied, wherein the irrigation system includes an irrigation fluid, which can be conducted through the shaft of the resectoscope to the electrode.