A medical scope, comprising:
- a handheld controller constructed and arranged to be operated in a one hand mode of operation and in a two hand mode of operation, the handheld controller including:
- an elongate controller housing sized to be operable by one hand of a user;
- a first control proximate to a first side of the elongate controller housing;
- a second control proximate to a second side opposite the first side of the elongate controller housing;
- an insertion tube constructed and arranged to be connected to the elongate controller housing, wherein at least a first end portion of the insertion tube is constructed and arranged to be deflected;
- one or more cables or wires positioned within the insertion tube, the one or more cables or wires being constructed and arranged to connect at least the first control to the first end portion of the insertion tube, wherein during the one hand mode of operation the first control is positioned so as to be actuated by one thumb of the user to tension at least a first cable or wire of the one or more cables or wires to deflect at least the first end portion of the insertion tube;
- one or more irrigation channels positioned within the insertion tube, the one or more irrigation channels being constructed and arranged to extend at least from inside the housing to the first end portion of the insertion tube;
- a fluid reservoir positioned within the elongate controller housing and including a fluid cavity that is constructed and arranged to be in fluid communication with at least a first irrigation channel of the one or more irrigation channels positioned inside the insertion tube;
- one or more fluid pumps in operative communication with the second control and constructed and arranged to be in fluid communication with the fluid cavity, the one or more fluid pumps being constructed and arranged to pump fluid from the fluid reservoir and into the one or more irrigation channels, wherein during the one hand mode of operation the second control is positioned so as to be actuated by one or more fingers of the user to activate the one or more fluid pumps;
- one or more cameras positioned at the first end portion of the insertion tube;
- memory positioned within the elongate controller housing;
- one or more antennas positioned within the elongate controller housing;
- one or more processors positioned within the elongate controller housing, wherein the one or more processors are in operative communication with at least the memory, the one or more cameras, and the one or more antennas, wherein the one or more processors are configured at least to:
- receive image data from the one or more cameras;
- and
- wirelessly send, through the one or more antennas, the image data to a computing device located within a predetermined distance from the one or more antennas.