Quick-acting closure for an endoscope
AssigneeXion GmbH
InventorViktor Josef Wimmer
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Abstract
The invention relates to an endoscope comprising a first quick-acting closure (3) for a traction wire (13) of a Bowden wire device, which closure is arranged at the proximal end to be pivotable or displaceable, with a locking position of the quick-acting closure (3), in which an attachment unit for loosening and attaching the traction wire (13) of the Bowden wire device can be actuated and with a working position of the quick-acting closure (3), in which the attached traction wire of the Bowden wire device can be displaced within a working area which is defined by end positions (15′, 15″) of the quick-acting closure (3), in order to actuate a mechanism which is arranged at the distal end of the endoscope together with the traction wire (13) of the Bowden wire device in such a way that it can be loosened.
Claims19
A flexible endoscope comprising:
- (a) a first quick-acting closure located at a proximal end of the endoscope and adapted to be displaceable within a closure working area between first and second closure end positions, the closure working area defining a traction wire working area for a traction wire of a Bowden wire device associated with the endoscope;
- (b) an attachment unit connected to the first quick-acting closure for selectively detaching the traction wire from the first quick-acting closure and attaching the traction wire to the first quick-acting closure;
- (c) a positioning structure associated with the first quick-acting closure and attachment unit, the positioning structure defining a locking position of the first quick-acting closure in which the attachment unit can be actuated;
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- (d) a mechanism at a distal end of the endoscope operatively connected to the traction wire, the mechanism being detachable from the remainder of the endoscope.
A flexible endoscope having a proximal control end and a distal end to which a mechanism is attached, the mechanism being actuated via a traction wire of a Bowden wire device associated with the endoscope, the endoscope comprising:
- (a) a first quick-acting closure located at the proximal end of the endoscope and adapted to be displaceable within a closure working area between first and second closure end positions;
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- (b) an attachment unit connected to the first quick-acting closure for selectively detaching the traction wire from the first quick-acting closure while the endoscope is in use and reattaching the traction wire to the first quick-acting closure to redefine a working area for the traction wire.
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