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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2005
Jochen Schmidberger, Schoerzingen, DE;
Andreas Efinger, Rietheim, DE;
Jochen Schmidberger, Schoerzingen, DE;
Andreas Efinger, Rietheim, DE;
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Abstract
A medical instrument for suction and irrigation comprises an elongate shaft with a first channel serving as suction channel and with a second channel serving as irrigation channel, the shaft having a first tube which is closed in cross section and in which one of the channels is present. The shaft has a second tube which is open in cross section along its length and is placed with its open lengthwise side on an outside face of the first tube and secured sealingly thereon, the other channel being formed in the space between the outside face of the first tube and an inside face of the second tube. A method for production of the instrument is also described.