Probe manipulator
AssigneeErbe Elektromedizin GmbH
InventorsUwe Schnitzler, Martin Hagg
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Abstract
A probe manipulator which has a grip device that can be held by a user in order to facilitate manipulation of a probe when the latter has been inserted into a channel of an endoscope. Connection devices are provided for releasably connecting the grip device to the probe in such a way that the probe may be rotated or displaced by rotation or displacement of the grip device. The connection device is connectable such that the probe need not be fed through the grip device, but that the grip device may be placed at any point along the length of the probe.
Claims19
A probe manipulator comprising:
- a grip device;
- and
- a connection device for releasably connecting the grip device to a probe.
A probe manipulator comprising:
- a grip device that can be held by a user in order to manipulate a probe that has been inserted into a working channel of an endoscope;
- and
- a connection device for releasably connecting the probe to the grip device, wherein the probe is rotated or displaced upon respectively rotating or displacing the grip device.
A connection device for connecting a grip device to a probe, the connection device comprising:
- a flexible rod disposed in a recess in the grip device, the recess being located adjacent to a slot in the grip device, the slot being configured to accept the probe therein;
- and
- a clamping projection on the flexible rod;
- wherein the flexible rod is configured to bend in a direction away from the slot, and
- wherein the clamping projection is attached to the flexible rod such that when the flexible rod is bent, the clamping projection releases the probe and when the flexible rod is not bent, the clamping projection holds the probe in place within the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.