Cordless disposable endoscope
AssigneeIntegrated Endoscopy, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Ryan Sharp, Siddharth Balvantrai Desai
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Abstract
A cordless endoscope assembly includes a housing, an endoscope tube and an eyepiece. Electronics are housed in the housing and operable to operate one or more light sources in the endoscope, the electronics including one or more batteries and a printed circuit board. The housing includes a connector configured to removably couple with a cannula connector of a cannula when the endoscope tube is inserted through the cannula. The cordless endoscope is a disposable single use endoscope that can optionally be sterilized with an ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilization process.
Claims1
A cordless endoscope assembly, comprising:
- a housing that defines an ergonomic handpiece sized to be held between a palm and one or more fingers of a user's hand;
- an endoscope tube that extends distally of the housing;
- an eyepiece that extends proximally of the housing;
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- electronics housed in the housing and configured to operate one or more light sources in the endoscope, the electronics comprising one or more batteries and a printed circuit board,
- wherein the housing includes a connector configured to removably couple with a cannula connector of a cannula when the endoscope tube is inserted through the cannula.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.