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US 6,830,545 B2Granted
Tube gripper integral with controller for endoscope of borescope
AssigneeEverest VIT
InventorClark A. Bendall
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Abstract
A probe controller is integral with a gripper for the probe's insertion tube. The gripper is easily operated with one hand, permitting a user to hold, release, and insert the insertion tube with the same hand that operates the controls on the controller, thus freeing the user's other hand to feed the insertion tube into the opening, perform other operations, or optionally to operate the controls.
Claims23
A tube gripper for an endoscopic apparatus, comprising:
- a hand-held control unit, said hand-held control unit including at least one user-actuable control feature for controlling at least one function of said probe;
- a tube channel running lengthwise through the interior of said hand-held control unit and sized for receiving an insertion tube of said endoscopic apparatus;
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- gripping means disposed within said hand-held control unit for frictionally connecting said tube channel to said insertion tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.