Sealing component for an endoscope connector
AssigneeDigital Endoscopy GmbH
InventorChristoph Rilli
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Abstract
According to the present invention, there is provided a sealing component for an endoscope plug at an end of which a plug connection end to be sealed is arranged. The sealing component comprises: a body part having a blind hole-like endoscope plug insertion opening into which the plug connection end of the endoscope plug is sealingly insertable, and a fastening portion for the fastening at an endoscope cable of the endoscope whose endoscope plug comprises the plug connection end sealingly insertable into the blind hole-like endoscope plug insertion opening.
Claims19
A sealing component for an endoscope plug, the endoscope plug provided at a proximal side of an endoscope cable and configured to be plugged to and unplugged from an analysis unit or an electronic unit, the endoscope plug having a plug connection end to be sealed, wherein the sealing component comprises:
- a body part having
- a blind hole-like endoscope plug insertion opening alongside the endoscope cable and configured to receive and seal the plug connection end of the endoscope plug, the blind hole-like endoscope plug insertion opening being adapted to the shape of the plug connection end, and
- a fastening portion supported by the endoscope cable, the endoscope cable having an outer circumference, the fastening portion being adapted to the shape of the outer circumference of the endoscope cable,
- wherein the blind hole-like endoscope plug insertion opening and the fastening portion are provided and formed in the body part.
An endoscope comprising
- an operation unit,
- an endoscope cable having an exterior wall,
- an endoscope plug arranged at a proximal end of the endoscope cable opposite to the operation unit and configured to be plugged to and unplugged from an analysis unit or an electronic unit, and
- a sealing component for receiving the endoscope plug, the sealing component comprising:
- a body part having
- an endoscope plug receiving portion comprising a blind hole-like endoscope plug insertion opening configured to receive and seal a plug connection end of the endoscope plug, the blind hole-like endoscope plug insertion opening being adapted to the shape of the plug connection end, said endoscope receiving plug portion being located adjacent the exterior wall of the endoscope cable, and
- a fastening portion supported by the endoscope cable, the fastening portion being adapted to the shape of an outer circumference of the endoscope cable,
- wherein the blind hole-like endoscope plug insertion opening and the fastening portion are provided and formed in the body part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.