Method and devices for lubricating an endoscopic surgical tool
AssigneeSightline Technologies Ltd.
InventorYakov Baror
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Abstract
The device for lubricating an endoscopic tool comprises a housing accommodating therein a retaining bushing for receiving the surgical tool thereinto. The bushing is provided with a longitudinal through going bore extending between an entry opening and an exit opening. The bore is filled up with a lubricating material and said entry and said exit opening are covered by a respective entry and exit closure that is piercable by the endoscopic tool during insertion thereof in the bushing through the entry opening and protracting thereof distally along the bore.
Claims20
A device for lubricating an endoscopic tool comprising
- a housing;
- a retaining bushing for receiving the surgical tool thereinto and accommodated in said housing, said retaining bushing being provided with a longitudinal through going bore extending between an entry opening and an exit opening;
- a lubricating material filling said bore;
- and,
- an entry and an exit closure covering respectively said entry and said exit openings, said entry and exit closures being piercable by the endoscopic tool during insertion thereof in the bushing through the entry opening and protracting thereof distally along the bore.
A combination of an endoscopic tool and a device for lubricating a shaft of the endoscopic tool, said device comprising a housing, which accommodates therein a retaining bushing for receiving the surgical tool thereinto, said retaining bushing is provided with a longitudinal through going bore extending between an entry opening and an exit opening, wherein said bore is filled up with a lubricating material and said entry opening and said exit opening is covered by a respective entry and exit closure, which is piercable by the endoscopic tool during insertion thereof in the bushing through the entry opening and protracting thereof distally, wherein at least one of the said entry closure and the exit closure is adapted to fit tightly around the shaft of the endoscopic tool after the closure has been pierced.
A method for lubricating of a shaft of an endoscopic tool, said method comprises:
- providing a receptacle having a longitudinal through going bore extending between an entry opening and an exit opening, said bore being filled up with a lubricating material and said entry and said exit opening being covered by a respective entry closure and exit closure,
- bringing the endoscopic tool near to the entry closure,
- pushing the endoscopic tool towards the entry closure and piercing the entry closure,
- entering the endoscopic tool in the receptacle through the entry closure,
- pushing the endoscopic tool through the lubricating material towards the exit closure,
- piercing the exit closure and advancing the endoscopic tool further until it protrudes from the receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.