Endoscope having washing ports

Details Endoscope having washing ports Endoscope having washing ports

1998-02-09

1999-10-26

Leubecker, John P.

Surgery

Endoscope

Having auxiliary channel

600156, 600154, A61B 1015

Patent

active

059719176

ABSTRACT:
An endoscope which allows a washing brush from an endoscope control section into all tubes, thereby facilitating washing works. In the endoscope control section, a water feeding pipe, for example, is separated into a front tube and a rear tube, and their openings are exposed as washing ports. A support portion of a tube unit is disposed so as to be attachable and detachable to and from the openings of these tubes, and a rear aspirating tube is disposed in the tube unit. This configuration makes it possible to detach and brush the tubes with a washing brush inserted from the openings into the front tubes on the side of a tip section and the rear tubes on the side of a cable. Further, control switches for opening and closing the tubes can be disposed on the tube unit, and elastic tube members may be disposed between the tubes on the side of the tube unit and the tubes on the side of the control section. Furthermore, the tube unit may be made of elastic rubber as a whole.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5447148 (1995-09-01), Oneda et al.
patent: 5695450 (1997-12-01), Yabe et al.
patent: 5810718 (1998-09-01), Akiba et al.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Endoscope having washing ports does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Endoscope having washing ports, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Endoscope having washing ports will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-757971