Endoscopic device
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorJürg ATTINGER
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Abstract
The present application is directed to an endoscopic device, including at least one flexible endo scope shaft and at least one kink protector, which is associated with the endoscope shaft and includes at least one base body that has a conical and/or cylindrical design, at least in sections, and that has a main extension direction and a main extension along the main extension direction, and the kink protector includes at least one quick-release coupling, which is configured for a selective connection to a tube and includes at least one fin situated at least substantially perpendicularly on the base body. It is provided that the fin has an extension extending along the main extension direction of the base body at least across 50% of the main extension of the base body.
Claims18
An endoscopic device, comprising at least one flexible endoscope shaft and at least one kink protector, which is associated with the endoscope shaft and comprises at least one base body that has a conical and/or cylindrical design, at least in sections, and that has a main extension direction and a main extension along the main extension direction, and the kink protector comprises at least one quick-release coupling, which is configured for a selective connection to a tube and includes at least one fin situated at least substantially perpendicularly on the base body, wherein the fin has an extension extending along the main extension direction of the base body at least across 50% of the main extension of the base body.
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