Endoscope overcovers for wheels and handles
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorRyan Vincent William POLLOCK
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Abstract
A medical device including a handle and a flexible member controlled by the handle, the handle including one or more knobs, each of the one or more knobs having a plurality of protrusions spaced circumferentially from one another, wherein the medical device comprises one or more grip-enhancing features configured to be removably coupled to the one or more knobs.
Claims20
A medical device including a handle and a flexible member controlled by the handle, the handle including one or more knobs, each of the one or more knobs having a plurality of protrusions spaced circumferentially from one another, wherein the medical device comprises:
- one or more grip-enhancing features configured to be removably coupled to the one or more knobs.
A kit comprising a plurality of grip-enhancing features for a handle of an endoscope, wherein the plurality of grip-enhancing features includes a first grip-enhancing feature and a second grip-enhancing feature,
- wherein the first grip-enhancing feature and the second grip-enhancing feature are configured to be coupled to a same knob of the endoscope to provide different grip sensations to the same knob.
An overcover for one or more endoscope knobs, wherein the overcover includes:
- a ring-shaped center including an opening extending therethrough;
- at least three protrusions positioned radially outward of the ring-shaped center, and circumferentially spaced from one another, each of the at least three protrusions defining a hollow interior, wherein the hollow interior of each of the at least three protrusions opens into the opening of the ring-shaped center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.