Endoscope-type device, particularly for emergency intubation
AssigneeXion GmbH
InventorTonis Pilvisto
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Abstract
The invention relates to an endoscope-type device, particularly an endoscope for emergency intubation, comprising a holding portion (7) and a shaft (1) which is configured to be flexible at least in partial areas, with at least two longitudinal bendable pulling and/or pushing elements acting on said shaft (1) in the axial direction at different distances from the proximal end, with said pulling and/or pushing elements extending as far as the proximal end and being lockably received in a fixing device, and with said endoscope-type device comprising an endoscope tip (50) whose movement is controllable via control means (54) and a control device (52) arranged in the proximal portion.
Claims11
An endoscope-type device, particularly an endoscope for emergency intubation, comprising a holding portion (7) and a shaft (1) which is configured to be flexible at least in partial areas
- characterized in that
- at least two longitudinal bendable pulling and/or pushing elements act on said shaft (1) in the axial direction at different distances from the proximal end, with said pulling and/or pushing elements extending as far as to the proximal end and being lockably and releasably received in a fixing device and
- that said endoscope-type device comprises a tip (50) of the endoscope, whose movement is controllable via control means (54) and a control device (52) arranged in the proximal portion.
A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said pulling and/or pushing elements are received within said shaft (1) in guide elements (19) in such a way that they are movable in the longitudinal direction.
A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, seen from a cross-sectional view, said pulling and/or pushing elements are positioned in a ring-shaped arrangement within said shaft (1) at the inner periphery thereof.
A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said pulling and/or pushing devices act upon said shaft (1) in such a way that they are limited to the pulling and pushing directions.
A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that lateral guide means are arranged inside said shaft (1) which, seen in a cross-sectional view, are opposed to each other, and which are fixedly connected at least in partial areas.
A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said shaft (1) comprises a channel (10) in the interior.
10 A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said pulling and/or pushing elements engage said shaft (1) in pairs in the axial direction at substantially equal distances from the proximal end.
A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the ends of said pairs of pulling and/or pushing elements are arranged at said shaft (1) point-symmetrically or symmetrically with the horizontal H or vertical axis V.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.