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US 2002/0120180 A1Published application
Endoscope-sheath interface using scope light post
AssigneeLinvatec Corporation
InventorsCraig J. Speier, Martin Frith, Justin Verkaik
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AssigneeLinvatec Corporation
InventorsCraig J. Speier, Martin Frith, Justin Verkaik
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A sheath is sized and configured to receive an endoscope. The sheath is provided with a housing having a proximally facing opening with a U-shaped notch. The endoscope has at the proximal end a right-angle light post which and is received closely within the U-shaped notch at the proximal opening of the sheath housing. A locking mechanism is provided including a pivotable latch having a distal end configured to be received within a notch formed on the endoscope housing distal to and diametrically opposed from the light post. The latch includes a spring tending to bias the distal portion thereof into engagement with the notch in the endoscope housing. A resilient O-ring is provided at the distal end of a recess in the sheath housing. A shoulder on the distal end of the proximal portion of the endoscope compresses the O-ring when the latch is engaged.
In an endoscope and sheath assembly, said sheath having a sheath housing with a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end having a proximal opening and said distal end having a distal opening, said endoscope having an endoscope housing with an endoscope body attached to a distal end of said endoscope housing, the improvement comprising:
An endoscope and sheath assembly, comprising:
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