Device for preventing slippage of protective covers and an endoscope set provided with it
AssigneeTyco Healthcare Group LP
InventorYoshitaka YAMADA
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Abstract
The main body of a device for fixing a protective cover on an endoscope in a state which prevents slippage is formed from a base, an engaging piece and an engaged piece which extend from the sides of the base and the ends of which can engage with each other by bending the base. An insertion hole is placed in the boundary part between the base and the engaging piece and an insertion hole is placed in the boundary part between the base and the engaged piece. A pressing part is placed on the lower surface of the engaging piece and a projecting part is placed on the upper surface of the base. The endoscope covered with the protective cover is inserted into the insertion holes and can be pressed onto the projecting part by the pressing part.
Claims17
A device for preventing slippage of protective covers, comprising:
- a flexible, plate-shaped main body having a first end and a second end wherein both ends are configured to be joined;
- a pair of insertion holes formed in the main body having a predetermined distance between them and through which an endoscope covered by the protective cover is inserted;
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- a flexible pressing part placed on an inner surface of the main body and which presses the endoscope covered by the protective cover onto another part in the inner surface of the main body when the first and second ends of the main body are engaged.
A method of manufacturing a device for preventing slippage of protective covers comprising:
- forming a flexible, plate-shaped main body having two ends configured to be joined;
- inserting a pair of insertion holes in the main body having a predetermined distance and through which an endoscope covered by the protective cover is inserted;
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- placing a flexible pressing part on an inner surface of the main body and which presses the endoscope covered by the protective cover onto another part in the inner surface of the main body when the ends of the main body are engaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.