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US 5,845,634 AGranted
Endoscope viewing system with orotracheal introducing guide
AssigneeParker Medical Limited Partnership
InventorJeffrey D. Parker
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Abstract
An endoscope viewing system including an orotracheal introducing guide (10) having channels (60) therethrough to support endoscope imaging end components (70,72) and, if desired, medical implements (120).
Claims18
An endoscope viewing system comprising:
- an orotracheal introducing guide having a body with a tube-guiding wall and a plurality of separate endoscope-element channels extending inside through the body and terminating at an opening in the tube-guiding wall;
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- a light transmitting component and an image guide component of an endoscope, each endoscope component extending through a respective one of the endoscope-element channels to the opening, the light transmitting component having a distal end positioned relative to the opening to illuminate an area, the image guide component having a distal end positioned relative to the opening to receive an image from the area.
An endoscope viewing system comprising:
- an orotracheal introducing guide having a body, the body including an aft member, a guide portion supporting a tube-guiding wall, and a single side arm, the aft member and the guide portion being interconnected to each other by only the single side arm to define a gap opposite the single side arm and between the aft member and the guide portion;
- at least a light transmitting component and an image guide component of an endoscope;
- a plurality of endoscope-element channel means extending through the aft member, guide support and single side arm and terminating in an opening along the tube-guiding wall for carrying respective ones of the endoscope components therein, the light transmitting component having a distal end positioned relative to the opening of the channel means to illuminate an area, the image guide component having a distal end positioned relative to the opening of the channel means to receive an image from the area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.