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US 2024/0180406 A1Published application
Adjustable actuation mechanisms for endoscopes
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc. d/b/a Olympus Surgical Technologies America
InventorKester Julian Batchelor
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Abstract
A controller for an endoscope comprises a handle, a working channel opening connected to the handle at a first location, a control actuator connected to the handle at a second location, a first pull wire extending from the control actuator to the working channel opening within the handle, and a first pull wire tensioner through which the first pull wire extends, wherein the first pull wire tensioner is configured to remove slack from the first pull wire between the first location and the second location.
Claims20
A controller for an endoscope, the controller comprising:
- a handle;
- a working channel opening connected to the handle at a first location;
- a control actuator connected to the handle at a second location;
- a first pull wire extending from the control actuator to the working channel opening within the handle;
- and
- a first pull wire tensioner through which the first pull wire extends;
- wherein the first pull wire tensioner is configured to remove slack from the first pull wire between the first location and the second location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.