Multi Camera Endoscope Having a Side Service Channel
AssigneeEndoChoice Innovation Center Ltd.
InventorsAvi Levy, Moshe Levi
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Abstract
There is provided herein an endoscope assembly comprising at least one front-pointing camera and at least one front illuminator associated therewith, at least one side-pointing camera and at least one of side illuminator associated therewith, a front working channel configured for insertion of a medical tool and a side service channel configured for insertion of a medical tool.
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A tip section of an endoscope, the tip section comprising:
- a fluid channeling component having a length and a height, wherein the fluid channeling component has a proximal section and, along the height, has a first fraction extending distally from the proximal section and a second fraction, wherein the proximal section is cylindrical and comprises a first side channel, the first side channel having an opening on a curved side wall defining the proximal section;
- an electrical assembly configured to fit within the second fraction, wherein the electrical assembly comprises at least one front-pointing camera, at least one front illuminator, an integrated circuit board, a first side-pointing camera, a first side illuminator, a second side-pointing camera, and a second illuminator;
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- a tip cover section having a plurality of curved side walls, the tip cover section configured to be removably attached to the fluid channeling component and configured to enclose the electrical assembly, wherein one of the plurality of curved side walls has an opening configured to be aligned with and over the opening on the curved side wall defining the proximal section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.