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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2006
Pieter Brommersma, Bargteheide, DE;
Pieter Brommersma, Bargteheide, DE;
Olympus Winter & IBE GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A urological resectoscope () including a tubular, metallic external stem () fitted with holes () in its distal end zone, a tubular insulating element () being affixed distally to the external stem, further including a tubular internal stem () configured within the external stem and resting against it in a sealing manner and an electrode support () longitudinally displaceable inside the internal stem and supporting a cutting loop () in the region of the insulating element (). The insulating element () is configured in a longitudinally mutually overlapping manner within an affixation zone () and the insulating element () exhibiting a wall thickness distally from the affixation zone () larger than the wall thickness of the external stem (), wherein the inside diameter of the insulating element () is the same as the inside diameter of the external stem ().