Endoscope head, endoscope and albarran lever holding member
AssigneeDigital Endoscopy GmbH
InventorStefan KOLBERG
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Abstract
The invention refers to a housing sheath attachable to and detachable from an endoscope head body, which is provided on a distal side of an insertion portion of an endoscope. The housing sheath comprises: a sheath that is a hollow cylinder open at an attachment opening provided along a longitudinal direction of the hollow cylinder, and is provided with a tool opening cut out in a U-shape at a location facing the attachment opening; and an Albarran lever that is rotatably supported inside the sheath.
Claims17
A housing sheath attachable to and detachable from an endoscope head body, which is provided on a distal side of an insertion portion of an endoscope, the housing sheath comprising:
- a sheath that is a hollow cylinder open at an attachment opening provided along a longitudinal direction of the hollow cylinder, and is provided with a tool opening cut out in a U-shape at a location facing the attachment opening;
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- an Albarran lever that is rotatably supported inside the sheath.
An ultrasonic endoscope comprising:
- an endoscope head body that is disposed on a distal side of an insertion portion of the endoscope and is provided with an Albarran lever chamber which is open continuously at an end portion and a side surface of the endoscope head body;
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- a convex-shaped ultrasonic head that is disposed at the end portion of the endoscope head body and capable of transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals in a lateral viewing direction corresponding to the side surface of the endoscope head body,
- wherein a housing sheath, which is a hollow cylinder open at an attachment opening provided along a longitudinal direction of the hollow cylinder and rotatably supports an Albarran lever inside, is attachable to and detachable from the endoscope head body, and
- the Albarran lever chamber accommodates the Albarran lever when the housing sheath is attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.