Device for bending the insertion section of an endoscope

Details Device for bending the insertion section of an endoscope Device for bending the insertion section of an endoscope

1994-05-24

1996-04-16

Apley, Richard J.

Surgery

Endoscope

Having flexible tube structure

A61B 100

Patent

active

055077170

ABSTRACT:
A device to be incorporated in the housing of the operation section of an endoscope, for operating a bending mechanism incorporated in the insertion section of the endoscope, comprises an operation shaft and a holder. The operation shaft has a distal end connected to the bending mechanism and a proximal end portion projecting from an operation section of the endoscope. The holder is mounted on a distal end portion of the operation shaft and comprises an upper and lower cover which are joined together and which define an outside surface and a hollow cylindrical space around the operation shaft. The upper and lower covers abut each other to form an interface on the outside surface.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4742816 (1988-05-01), Suzuki et al.

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