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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Helmut Heckele, Knittlingen, DE;
Martin Seebach, Oberderdingen, DE;
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hehrlein, Giessen, DE;
Reinhard Schueck, Wetzlar, DE;
Assignee:
Richard Wolf GmbH, Knittlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
Abstract
An endoscopic instrument for the therapy of the heart muscle forming channels in the heart muscle tissue by way of laser energy and including a shank tube and at least one instrumentation channel for a laser fiber disposed in axial direction within the shank tube as well as central optics parallel to the laser fiber for observing the locus of treatment. The distal end of the shank tube may be connected to a vacuum source and is designed such that the heart muscle can be restrained by partially suctioning the same against the shank end.