US4784117A
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Endoscope insertion assisting device
Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1987-02-13
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Granted: 1988-11-15
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Expires: 2007-02-13
Abstract
Abstract An endoscope insertion assisting device comprising a guide tube part provided with a hollow path through which an elongate endoscope insertion part can be inserted, a fitting part formed on the base side of this guide tube part and removably fitted with an endoscope operating part and a position adjusting mechanism varying at least one of the distance position along the longitudinal direction and the angular position around this longitudinal direction of this fitting part with respect to the guide tube part.
Inventors
- 👤 Atsushi Miyazaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 07:55
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B1/00; A61B1/00147; A61B1/00149; A61B1/005; A61B1/0051; A61B1/01; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/01; G; G02; G02B; G02B23/00; G02B23/24; G02B23/2476
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device comprising a guide tube part provided with a hollow path through which an elongated endoscope insertion part can be inserted, a fitting part formed on the base side of said guide tube part and removably fitted with an endoscope operating part formed on the base side of said endoscope insertion part and a position adjusting mechanism capable of varying the position of said fitting part with respect of said guide tube part.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device comprising a guide tube part provided with a hollow path through which an elongated endoscope insertion part can be inserted, a fitting part formed on the base side of said guide tube part and removably fitted with an endoscope operating part formed on the base side of said endoscope insertion part and a position adjusting mechanism capable of varying the position of said fitting part with respect of said guide tube part.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
116 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device comprising a guide tube part provided with a hollow path through which an elongated endoscope insertion part can be inserted, a guide tube operating part which is provided as connected to the base side of said guide tube part and in which a knob for curving a curvable part formed on the tip side of said guide tube part is formed, a fitting part formed in said guide tube operating part and removably fitted with an endoscope operating part formed on the base side of said endoscope insertion part and a position adjusting mechanism capable of varying the position of said fitting part with respect to said guide tube operating part.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
116 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device comprising a guide tube part provided with a hollow path through which an elongated endoscope insertion part can be inserted, a guide tube operating part which is provided as connected to the base side of said guide tube part and in which a knob for curving a curvable part formed on the tip side of said guide tube part is formed, a fitting part formed in said guide tube operating part and removably fitted with an endoscope operating part formed on the base side of said endoscope insertion part and a position adjusting mechanism capable of varying the position of said fitting part with respect to said guide tube operating part.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said position adjusting mechanism is formed of a distance adjusting mechanism varying the distance position in the longitudinal direction.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said position adjusting mechanism is formed of an angular position adjusting mechanism varying the angular position of the endoscope fitted to said fitting part around the longitudinal direction.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said position adjusting mechanism is to vary the distance position in the longitudinal direction and the angular position around said longitudinal direction.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device according to claim 3 wherein said position adjusting mechanism comprises a sliding pipe slidably connecting said guide tube part or guide tube operating part and said fitting part with each other and retaining members fixing the sliding of said sliding pipe.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device according to claim 6 wherein said sliding pipe is a single pipe.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device according to claim 6 wherein said sliding pipe consists of a plurality of pipes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device according to claim 3 wherein said position adjusting mechanism is formed of an extendable and contractable bellows member.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
An endoscope insertion assisting device according to claim 3 wherein said position adjusting mechanism is formed of a bendable interlocked type spiral tube.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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