Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1992-09-29
1994-06-07
Rosenbaum, C. Fred
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
128 4, 128 6, A61M 3700, A61B 100, A61B 106
Patent
active
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ABSTRACT:
An endoscope has a handle and a bendable tube extending distally away from the handle. The tube has a selectively deflectable distal segment. An activating wire is connected to the distal segment and to the handle, and the handle has a knob which can be turned to impart force to the wire and thereby cause the distal segment of the tube to deflect. The wire is held by a hypotube column support which is attached to the handle and to the deflectable distal segment, such that when the knob is turned, the column support transfers the force of the wire to the handle to prevent buckling of the bendable tube when the distal segment deflects.
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"Diagnostic and Interventional Products for Radiology, Cardiology & Surgery," published by Cook, Inc., P.O. Box 489 Bloomington, IN 47402.
U.S. Patent Application for "131-Directional Miniscope," filed Jan. 9, 1992, Inventors: Donald Cohen and Alan DeLa Rama.
Neuro Navigational Corporation
Rogitz John L.
Rosenbaum C. Fred
Wilkens Frank
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