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US 8,506,475 B2Granted
Flexible scope endoscope
OwnerJames K. Brannoninventor
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Abstract
A flexible endoscope for extending between an incision and a surgical site, the flexible endoscope including an endoscopic cylinder received by an outer flexible sleeve, the endoscopic cylinder including an outer contact surface received by the flexible sleeve with a helical thread, a flanged structure associated with the flexible sleeve and corresponding to a proximate handle end of said endoscopic cylinder, and a directional guide angularly extending from said outer surface and tapered.
Claims7
A flexible endoscope for extending between an incision and a surgical site, said flexible endoscope comprising:
- an endoscopic cylinder received by an outer flexible sleeve, said endoscopic cylinder having a outer contact surface coaxially received by the flexible sleeve, said flexible sleeve having a helical thread circumscribing substantially along an outer surface of said flexible sleeve,
- a flanged structure associated with said flexible sleeve and corresponding to a proximate handle end of said endoscopic cylinder, and
- a directional guide angularly and distally extending from said outer surface and being radially tapered from said endoscopic cylinder.
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