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US 12,605,042 B2Granted
Endoscope
AssigneeAmbu A/S
InventorsUlf Quensel, Barbara Tornaghi, Andrea Besana, Felix Andreas Graw
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Abstract
An endoscope including a handle, a wing, and an insertion cord. The handle includes a proximal operating section, a distal transition section, and an intermediate gripping section. The wing extends from the operation section and is selectively rotatable between an active position in which the wing extends along the handle to provide a hand space between the handle and the wing and a passive position in which the wing is moved away with respect to the handle positioning a free end of the wing at a second, larger, distance to the handle.
Claims20
An endoscope comprising:
- a handle;
- an insertion cord extending distally from the handle;
- a steering wheel rotatable about a steering wheel axis;
- and
- a wing rotatably connected to the handle opposite the steering wheel and with the handle between the wing and the steering wheel, the wing having a free end and being selectively rotatable about a wing rotation axis between a first arresting position and a second arresting position, wherein:
- in the first arresting position the wing extends along the handle with the free end at a first distance to the handle to provide a hand space between the handle and the wing, the hand space being sufficient to fit a hand of an operator gripping the handle between the handle and the wing;
- and
- in the second arresting position the free end of the wing is moved away with respect to the handle and is positioned at a second distance to the handle, the second distance being larger than the first distance,
- wherein in the second arresting position the endoscope is devoid of the hand space.
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An endoscope comprising:
- a handle;
- an insertion cord extending distally from the handle;
- a steering wheel rotatable about a steering wheel axis;
- and
- a wing rotatably connected to the handle opposite the steering wheel and with the handle between the wing and the steering wheel, the wing having a free end and being selectively rotatable about a wing rotation axis between a first arresting position and a second arresting position, wherein:
- in the first arresting position the wing extends along the handle with the free end at a first distance to the handle to provide a hand space between the handle and the wing, the hand space being sufficient to fit a hand of an operator gripping the handle between the handle and the wing;
- and
- in the second arresting position the free end of the wing is moved away with respect to the handle and is positioned at a second distance to the handle, the second distance being larger than the first distance,
- wherein the endoscope comprises a protrusion and a recess, one of the protrusion or the recess located on the handle and the other of the protrusion or the recess located on the wing, and wherein in the first arresting position the recess receives the protrusion, and
- wherein the endoscope comprises a second protrusion and a second recess, one of the second protrusion or the second recess located on the handle and the other of the second protrusion or the second recess located on the wing, and wherein in the second arresting position the second recess receives the second protrusion.
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An endoscope comprising:
- a handle;
- an insertion cord extending distally from the handle;
- a steering wheel rotatable about a steering wheel axis;
- and
- a wing rotatably connected to the handle opposite the steering wheel and with the handle between the wing and the steering wheel, the wing having a free end and being selectively rotatable about a wing rotation axis between a first arresting position and a second arresting position, wherein:
- in the first arresting position the wing extends along the handle with the free end at a first distance to the handle to provide a hand space between the handle and the wing, the hand space being sufficient to fit a hand of an operator gripping the handle between the handle and the wing;
- and
- in the second arresting position the free end of the wing is moved away with respect to the handle and is positioned at a second distance to the handle, the second distance being larger than the first distance, wherein the wing rotation axis is concentric with the steering wheel axis.
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