| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 600138000 | Having rigid tube structure | 8 |
| 20090187076 | PIPE CONNECTION STRUCTURE IN ENDOSCOPE AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - A pipe connection structure for an endoscope is provided with a pipe made of a corrosion-resistant alloy material, and a piping block made of a corrosion-resistant alloy material, the piping block having a pipe insertion hole. An end of the pipe is fitted in the pipe insertion hole and the pipe and the piping block are connected by welding by irradiating a laser beam on the entire circumference of an area where the end of the pipe is fitted in the hole formed on the piping block. An axial length of the pipe inserted in the pipe insertion hole is in a range of 0.5 to 2 times a wall thickness of the pipe. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100324369 | SURGICAL OPTICAL ACCESS APPARATUS - An optical access apparatus includes a portal sleeve defining a longitudinal axis and a longitudinal opening therethrough and an inner member at least partially positionable within the portal sleeve. The portal sleeve has leading and trailing end portions. The leading end portion has a leading edge adapted to penetrate tissue. The inner member includes a longitudinal lumen for at least partial reception of a viewing device and has a generally closed optical window adapted to permit passage of an image for viewing by the viewing device. The closed optical window is generally atraumatic with respect to the tissue whereby penetration through the tissue is substantially effected through the leading edge of the portal sleeve. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20140142387 | Unknown - A flexible endoscope shank with a shank body which, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the endoscope shank, is composed of at least two shank portions with different degrees of flexibility, wherein at least one shank portion is composed of at least one spring element, and wherein all the spring elements of the shank portions, which, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the shank body, are arranged proximally from the outer distal shank portion, are designed as reversibly deformable spring rods extending in the longitudinal direction of the shank body. In order to create a flexible endoscope shank that can be produced easily and cost-effectively, each of the shank portions having at least one spring rod has at least one further spring rod, which is integrally bonded to the other spring rods of the respective shank portion. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140155696 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes: a universal cable that joins an operation portion and a connector; a signal cable inserted through an inside of the universal cable; a frame arranged at a portion of the connector, from which the universal cable extends out, to surround an outer circumference of the universal cable; and a hole formed in a barrel portion of the frame, the hole allowing the signal cable to be inserted therethrough. An excess part of the signal cable is drawn out from the hole and the excess part is wound and stored on the barrel portion of the frame, the barrel portion of the frame with the excess part of the signal cable wound and stored thereon is covered by a rigid tube detachably fixed to the connector, and the rigid tube is covered by a bend preventing portion to reduce concentration of stress from an external force. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20150289748 | MEDICAL ENDOSCOPE - A medical endoscope including: a plurality of tubes arranged one inside the other; wherein an outer tube of the plurality of tubes is made of metal, and at least one inner tube of the plurality of tubes is made of ceramic, such as tungsten carbide. The at least one inner tube can be configured as a fiber tube inwardly delimiting a fiber chamber filled with optical fibers, where the fiber tube is made of ceramic, such as a sintered ceramic. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160007834 | ENDOSCOPE | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160029878 | ENDOSCOPE, PART FIXING STRUCTURE FOR ENDOSCOPE, AND PART FIXING METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an insertion part in which a rigid distal end part, a bending part, and a flexible tube part are provided; an operating part having a bending operation mechanism; an operating wire; a wire guide pipe; and a sleeve of which the inside is formed in a hollow tubular shape along an axial direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the insertion part and which is externally fitted to and hold a distal end part of the operating wire or the wire guide pipe. The sleeve includes a slit that is formed by cutting out a partition wall of the insertion part. An opening width of the slit in a circumferential direction perpendicular to the axial direction is made to be smaller than an external diameter of the distal end part of the operating wire inserted through the sleeve or the wire guide pipe. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160066770 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY - The present invention relates to methods and devices for minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of joint injuries. Small diameter endoscopic devices are used for visualization and second part is used to provide access for the insertion of small diameter surgical tools without the use of distending fluid. Preferred embodiments of the endoscopic devices can utilize wireless transmission to a handheld display device to visualize diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in accordance with the invention. | 03-10-2016 |
