Shank for a flexible endoscope or a flexible endoscopic instrument
AssigneesKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Storz Endoskop Produktions GmbH
InventorGereon Kindler
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Abstract
A shank for a flexible endoscope or for a flexible endoscopic instrument includes a first shank portion and, a second shank portion, angled relative to a distal end region of the first shank portion by a longitudinal adjustment of at least one tensioning means which is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner inside the second shank portion and connected to a distal end region of the second shank portion. The longitudinal adjustment by least one threaded drive, which can be driven by at least one torsion shaft extending inside the first shank portion. The invention also relates to a flexible endoscope and a flexible endoscopic instrument.
Claims20
A shank for a flexible endoscope or for a flexible endoscopic instrument, comprising:
- a first shank portion;
- a second shank portion arranged in a distal direction from the first shank portion;
- wherein the second shank portion can be angled relative to a distal end region of the first shank portion by a longitudinal adjustment of at least one tensioning means which is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner inside the second shank portion and connected to a distal end region of the second shank portion;
- at least one threaded drive for the longitudinal adjustment of the at least one tensioning means, which is driven by at least one torsion shaft extending inside the first shank portion.
A flexible endoscope with a shank comprising
- a first shank portion;
- a second shank portion arranged in a distal direction from the first shank portion;
- wherein the second shank portion can be angled relative to a distal end region of the first shank portion by a longitudinal adjustment of at least one tensioning means which is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner inside the second shank portion and connected to a distal end region of the second shank portion;
- at least one threaded drive for the longitudinal adjustment of the at least one tensioning means, which is driven by at least one torsion shaft extending inside the first shank portion.
A flexible endoscopic instrument with a shank comprising:
- a first shank portion;
- a second shank portion arranged in a distal direction from the first shank portion, a second shank portion;
- wherein the second shank portion can be angled relative to a distal end region of the first shank portion by a longitudinal adjustment of at least one tensioning means which is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner inside the second shank portion and connected to a distal end region of the second shank portion;
- at least one threaded drive for the longitudinal adjustment of the at least one tensioning means, which is driven by at least one torsion shaft extending inside the first shank portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.