Endoscope
AssigneeThe Catholic University of Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
InventorHiun Suk Chae
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an endoscope. The present invention may include an endoscope main body; and a guide cap that is mounted to be fixed to a front end of the endoscope main body when inserting the endoscope main body into a human body and slides to protrude toward the front of the endoscope main body when withdrawing the endoscope main body inserted into the human body. An object of the present invention is to facilitate insertion of the endoscope by freely varying a length of the cap from the front end of the endoscope, and to enhance the detection rate of polyp.
Claims6
An endoscope comprising:
- an endoscope main body;
- an outer cap mounted on a front end of the endoscope main body;
- a guide cap disposed between the outer cap and the front end of the endoscope main body, and configured to slide between a first position at which the guide cap is placed inside the outer cap and a second position at which the guide cap protrudes distally from a front of the endoscope main body;
- a pulling wire coupled to a rear end of the guide cap and disposed outside the endoscope main body such that the guide cap slides from the second position to the first position when the pulling wire slides backward;
- a supporter provided on an inner surface of the outer cap and configured to impede sliding of the guide cap from the second position to the first position by supporting a rear side of the guide cap while the guide cap is at the second position;
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- a guide wire which is connected to the guide cap through a guide channel formed in the endoscope main body to make the guide cap slide forward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.