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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
May. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Winter & IBE GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
Abstract
A urological resectoscope having an outer stem fitted with orifices at its distal terminal zone and an inner stem, both stems being tubular and metallic and being sealed from each other in the distal end zone and being affixed to each other, optionally in detachable manner, and to a main case. The resectoscope also includes an electrode support running longitudinally through the inner stem and bearing an hf-loaded cutting loop at its distal end. Liquid hookups feed liquid into the inner stem and drain liquid from an annular duct defined between the inner and outer stems. A distally affixed tubular insulating shell is disposed between the inner and outer stems and affixed to the outer stem.