Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Stoneridge Control Devices, Inc.

Charles McCall

Gary M Searle

Eric Karl Litscher

Arthur G Stephen

Gerald R Heller

Art Stephen

Steven Kille

Kevin Shell

Daniel Macari

Jack Tseng

Eric Rioux

Stephen Prouty

A proximal connector of an endoscope shaft can be manually attached to and detached from a console, such that the connector and endoscope shaft can be provided as a single use device. An interface between the proximal connector and console can include a sliding plate moveable to operably make and break at least some of the connections between the console and endoscope shaft. A fluid reservoir may be separately connected to the proximal connector and hang from a mount on the interface.

Multi-fluid delivery system

A stalk switch having an energy storage element disposed coxially about a handle to store energy when the handle is in a contact position and release energy to provide a force to drive the handle back to the neutral position from the contact position. The energy storage element may be a sleeve made of an elastomeric material. Such a sleeve may also provide for overload protection for contact closures of the switch. The stalk switch may also have at least one microswitch to align operation of a contact closure with actual motion of the handle.

Stalk switch

Growing community of inventors

Plymouth, MA, United States of America

Charles McCall