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US 2009/0221872 A1Published application
Endoscope Tip Protector
AssigneeMd Idiz, LLC
InventorsRodger Liddle, Robert M. Beebe
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Abstract
The invention provides an endoscope tip protector for protecting the distal tip of an endoscope and an endoscope assembly including the tip protector affixed thereto. The endoscope tip protector can include a main body with an opening through the main body sized to accept an endoscope sheath and a white surface arranged to face a distal end of an endoscope sheath when the sheath is placed in the endoscope tip protector. Methods of making and using the tip protector and assembly are also provided.
Claims24
An endoscope tip protector comprising:
- (a) a main body comprising an opening at least partially through the main body sized to accept an endoscope sheath;
- and
- (b) a white surface arranged to face a distal end of an endoscope sheath when the sheath is placed in the endoscope tip protector.
An endoscope tip protector comprising:
- (a) a main body comprising an opening through the main body sized to accept an endoscope sheath;
- and
- (b) a plug arranged in a distal end of the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.