Control unit for a flexible endoscope
AssigneeHuman Xtensions Ltd.
InventorMordehai Sholev
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Abstract
A control unit attachable to a flexible endoscope having a shaft deflectable via two rotatable knobs is provided. The control unit includes a user interface including a first interface being mounted on a pivotal support attached to a housing of the control unit, the first interface being engageable by a palm of a hand. The control unit further includes a drive unit operable via the user interface, the drive unit including a first drive mechanism for engaging the two rotatable knobs thereby allowing a user to control deflection of the shaft of the endoscope via the first interface.
Claims13
A control unit retrofittable to an external surface of an unmodified endoscope having a shaft deflectable via two manually-operable external rotatable knobs, the control unit comprising:
- (a) a user interface including a first interface being mounted on a pivotal support attached to a housing of the control unit, said first interface being engageable by a palm of a hand;
- (b) a drive unit operable via said user interface, said drive unit being self-enclosed and detachably attached to an external surface of a housing of the endoscope thereby enabling the endoscope to be operated manually through the two manually-operable external rotatable knobs when said drive unit is not attached to the endoscope, said drive unit including a first drive mechanism for engaging the two manually-operable external rotatable knobs thereby allowing a user to control deflection of the shaft of the endoscope via said palm of said hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.