Channel replacement method, endoscope, and plug
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorSeiji Iwasaki
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Abstract
A channel replacement method to replace a first channel of an endoscope, the first channel including a first distal end and a first rear end, the channel replacement method including: sealing a flow path of the first channel by arranging a first plug at the first distal end and arranging a second plug at the first rear end, and withdrawing the first channel from inside the endoscope.
Claims19
A channel replacement method to replace a first channel of an endoscope, the first channel including a first distal end and a first rear end, the channel replacement method comprising:
- sealing a flow path of the first channel by arranging a first plug at the first distal end and arranging a second plug at the first rear end;
- and
- withdrawing the first channel from inside the endoscope,
- wherein withdrawing the first channel from inside the endoscope includes:
- withdrawing the first channel from a rear side of an insertion portion toward a distal side of the insertion portion.
A channel replacement method to replace a first channel of an endoscope, the first channel including a first distal end and a first rear end, the channel replacement method comprising:
- sealing a flow path of the first channel by arranging a first plug at the first distal end and arranging a second plug at the first rear end;
- withdrawing the first channel from inside the endoscope;
- and
- after withdrawing the first channel, inserting a second channel into the endoscope such that the second channel occupies a space within the endoscope previously occupied by the first channel,
- wherein the second channel includes a second distal end and a second rear end,
- wherein withdrawing the first channel from inside the endoscope and inserting the second channel into the endoscope includes:
- mechanically connecting the first rear end and the second distal end or the first distal end and the second rear end to each other;
- and
- inserting the second channel into the endoscope by withdrawing the first channel from inside the endoscope.
A channel replacement method to replace a first channel of an endoscope, the first channel including a first distal end and a first rear end, the channel replacement method comprising:
- sealing a flow path of the first channel by arranging a first plug at the first distal end and arranging a second plug at the first rear end;
- withdrawing the first channel from inside the endoscope;
- sealing a flow path of a second channel by arranging a third plug at a rear end of the second channel;
- and
- connecting the first plug and the third plug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.