Covering Apparatus For An Endoscope Lens
OwnerCormac O'Prey, Valerie Anne Scottinventors
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Abstract
A covering apparatus for a surgical viewing instrument. The apparatus includes a tape having a first length overlying the viewing portion of the surgical viewing instrument, the tape movable across the viewing portion to move the first length away from the viewing portion and advance a second cleaner length of tape to a position overlying the viewing portion.
Claims20
A covering apparatus for a surgical viewing instrument having an elongated shaft including a viewing portion at a distal end thereof, the covering apparatus comprising a tape having a first length overlying the viewing portion, the tape movable across the viewing portion to move the first length away from the viewing portion and advance a second cleaner length of tape to a position overlying the viewing portion.
A cleaning apparatus for positioning on a surgical viewing instrument having a viewing portion, the cleaning apparatus comprising an elongated cleaning member having a first portion to overlie the viewing portion to enable viewing through the viewing portion, a second portion composed of a material to clean the viewing portion and advanceable across the viewing portion to clean the viewing portion, and a third portion advanceable to overlie the viewing portion to enable viewing through the viewing portion, the second portion being positioned between the first and third portions, and the second portion being movable across the viewing portion as the first portion is moved away from the viewing portion and the third portion being movable over the viewing portion as the second portion is subsequently moved away from the viewing portion.
A method for covering a lens of a scope comprising;
- providing a covering device having first, second and third portions;
- positioning the first portion over the lens of the scope;
- moving the first portion away from the lens for placement of the second portion over the lens;
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- subsequently moving the second portion away from the lens for placement of the third portion over the lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.