Portable endoscope with steerable cannula

A kit of components for shipping to a user for assembly by the user into an endoscope for medical procedures in a patient, comprising:

• a single-use portion comprising:
• (i) a cannula having a bendable distal portion and an imaging module comprising a video camera and one or more LEDs mounted at a distal end of the cannula that is distal from said bendable distal portion, and (i) a fluid hub that has a distal end coupled with a proximal end of said cannula;
• a reusable portion comprising a steering hub that has a distal end configured to couple with a proximal end of said fluid hub;
• wherein said reusable portion is separate from and unassembled with said single-use portion when shipped to the user for assembly by the uses without tools;
• and
• wherein said steering hub comprises a single lever that is operatively coupled to said bendable portion of the cannula after the user has assembled the single-use and the reusable portions, and said reusable portion is configured to respond to manual manipulation of the lever to bend said bendable portion of the canula in at least two differed angular direction and to a selected degree in each of said angular directions.

A kit of components for shipping to a user for assembly by the user into an endoscope for medical procedures in a patient, comprising:

• a single-use portion comprising a cannula having a bendable distal portion and an imaging module comprising a video camera and one or more LEDs mounted at a distal end of the cannula that is distal from said bendable portion;
• a reusable portion that is unassembled with the single-use portion when shipped to the user and comprises:
• (i) a fluid hub that has a distal end coupled with a proximal end of said cannula after the user has assembled the single-use and reusable portions, (ii) a steering hub that has a distal end coupled with a proximal end of said fluid hub, (iii) a handle that has a distal end coupled with a proximal end of the steering hub, and (iv) an electronic display integrally mounted on the handle;
• wherein said reusable portion is separate from and unassembled with said single-use portion when shipped to the user for assembly into an endoscope by the uses without tools;
• and
• wherein said steering hub comprises a single lever that is operatively coupled to said bendable portion of the cannula and is configured to respond to manual manipulation of the lever to bend said bendable portion of the canula in at least two differed angular direction and to a selected degree in each of said angular directions.