Ambu A/s

Coloplast A/s

Kaspar Mat Matthison-Hansen

Thomas Bachgaard Jensen

Jakob Bønnelykke Kristensen

Peer Hoffmann

Jan Guldberg Hansen

Morten Jacobsen

Günter Wilhelm Schütz

Sebastien Seguy

Brian Spidsbjerg Nielsen

Lasse Markworth Johnsen

Michael Kappler Hansen

Finn Sonnenborg

Jesper Grøndahl Lund

Troels Nicolaj Qvist

Jonas Hjortlund

Troels Pedersen

Olivier Traxer

Kim Becker

Lasse Kjeld Gjøske Petersen

Anja Katrin Dillinger

Jakob Boennelykke Kristensen

Helga Künzl

Frederik Hansen

Felix-Johannes Abicht

Tue Kjærgaard Toft

An endoscope having an articulated bending section body including a number of segments, the segments having a central passage adapted in cross-sectional shape to receive and support the exterior surface of a bendable tubular member providing a working channel of the endoscope. The cross-sectional shape includes a number of sectors of a circular periphery having a shared center and the same radius, the total length of said sectors being longer than half of said circular periphery, so as to provide said support for the exterior of the bendable tubular member providing the working channel of the endoscope. The cross-sectional shape includes at least one outwardly extending lobe in which a coil spring is accommodated.

Endoscope with an articulated bending section body

An endoscope including at least one operating element, a steerable deflecting element located at the distal end, an endoscope tip, and a steering wire having a first portion, a second portion and an intermediate portion, wherein the intermediate portion is attached to the deflecting element or to the endoscope tip, operation of the at least one operating element to apply a drag force to the first portion moving the endoscope tip in a first direction, and operation of the at least one operating element or another operating element to apply a drag force to the second portion moves the endoscope tip in a second direction different from the first direction, and/or wherein the intermediate portion of the steering tie element is at least in part received in a clearance provided at/in a distal end portion of the deflecting element and/or at/in the endoscope tip.

Endoscope with enhanced steering wire arrangement

A medical device operable to obtain images of an internal cavity of a patient, including a handle; a flexible tube including a first section having a first radial cross-section area and a second section distal of the first section and having a second radial cross-section area smaller than the first radial cross-section area, the second section having an outer surface; a bending section extending from the flexible tube and including a proximal end segment, a distal end segment, and intermediate segments between the proximal end segment and the distal end segment, the intermediate segments hingedly connected to each other, the proximal end segment including a proximal end segment peripheral wall defining an internal space, wherein the second section is positioned at least partly in the internal space; and a camera assembly supported by the bending section and operable to generate images of distal views.

Articulated tip part for an endoscope

A medical visualisation device including an instrument elevator having a guide surface for engagement with an instrument protruding through a tip part instrument channel and a X-ray transparent housing. The instrument elevator is radiopaque and pivotable around a pivot axis to adjust a guide angle between the guide surface and a longitudinal axis. The pivot axis being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a viewing direction. A control wire being coupled to the instrument elevator to transfer a force exerted on the control wire to the instrument elevator to adjust the guide angle.

Medical visualisation device

An endoscope having an operating handle including a handle housing arranged at a proximal end and an insertion tube extending from the handle towards a distal end of the endoscope and terminating in a steerable tip part at the distal end of the endoscope, the endoscope further including a control mechanism with a Bowden cable having an outer guide tube having a first length between a proximal end and a distal end of the outer guide tube and an inner pull-wire having a second length between a proximal end and a distal end of the inner pull-wire, the second length being longer than the first length, the proximal end of the outer guide tube is affixed to the operating handle by an adhesive.

Endoscope

A video endoscope including an operating handle; an insertion tube extending distally from the operating handle; a camera at the distal end of the insertion tube; a working channel extending from the housing to the distal end of the insertion tube; and control cables; the operating handle including: a housing; a control lever comprising a wall and trunnions extending laterally from the wall; a first wall comprising a first support aperture; a second wall comprising a second support aperture, the first support aperture and the second support aperture receiving the trunnions to facilitate rotation of the control lever; a sealed compartment; and lateral grooves configured to receive guiding cables.

An articulated bending section body has a number of segments including a proximal end segment, a distal end segment and a number of intermediate segments. Each intermediate segment has a central passage adapted in cross-sectional shape to receive and support the exterior surface of a bendable tubular member providing a working channel of the endoscope. The cross-sectional shape includes a number of sectors of a circular periphery having a shared center and the same radius, the total length of the sectors being longer than half of the circular periphery. The cross-sectional shape comprises at least one outwardly extending lobe. The exterior surface of the bendable tubular member providing the working channel of the endoscope forms a closed lumen adjacent but separated from the working channel of the endoscope.

Endoscope comprising an articulated bending section body

Endoscope handle

An endoscope () including a handle () arranged at a proximal end and an insertion tube () extending from said handle () towards a distal end, a bending section () arranged at the distal end and controllable by and operator via control input means () arranged at the handle (); and at least one insertion tube part with at least one lumen, wherein the bending section () is displaceable in said lumen so as to be movable relative to the insertion tube () from a retracted position within said lumen to an extended position at least partially outside said lumen.

A video endoscope including an operating handle; an insertion tube extending distally from the operating handle; a camera at the distal end of the insertion tube; a working channel extending from the housing to the distal end of the insertion tube; and control cables; the operating handle including: a housing; a control lever comprising a wall and trunnions extending laterally from the wall, the wall comprising a control lever immobilization aperture; a first wall comprising a first support aperture and a first immobilization aperture; a second wall comprising a second support aperture, the first support aperture and the second support aperture receiving the trunnions to facilitate rotation of the control lever, and the control lever immobilization aperture and the first immobilization aperture being alignable to receive a tool and thereby immobilize the control lever in a neutral position during attachment of the control cables to the control lever.

An endoscope having an operating handle comprising a handle housing arranged at a proximal end and an insertion tube extending from said handle towards a distal end of the endoscope and terminating in a steerable tip part at the distal end of the endoscope, the endoscope further comprising a control mechanism with a Bowden cable having an outer guide tube having a first length between a proximal end and a distal end of said outer guide tube and an inner pull-wire having a second length between a proximal end and a distal end of said inner pull-wire, said second length being longer than said first length, the proximal end of the outer guide tube is affixed to the operating handle by means of an adhesive.

A bending section () for an endoscope () and the endoscope, where the bending section comprises a number of segments (), where adjacent segments are connected by a first hinge () and a second hinge (). Both the first and the second hinges are made integrally from the same material as the segments (), and the first and second hinges are arranged for allowing the connected segments to bend in a bending plane. A second hinge at the distal end of a segment forms a continuous rib () with the second hinge () at the proximal end of the segment. This continuous rib is arranged perpendicular to the bending plane.

Bending section for an endoscope

An endoscope having a proximal end and a distal end, a handle at the proximal end and an insertion tube extending from the proximal end towards the distal end. The insertion tube includes an internal working channel extending from the handle to the distal end of the insertion tube. A connector at the handle is adapted for the attachment of a syringe. A recess is adapted to accommodate a cylindrical body of the syringe when said syringe is attached to the connector.

Endoscope adapted for facilitating BAL procedures

An endoscope () having a handle with a handle housing () and an insertion tube () extending from said handle () and terminating in a tip part () at the distal end of the endoscope (). A working channel and having a distal end and a proximal end extends within the insertion tube (). The endoscope further comprises motion transfer means () extending within said working channel and adapted to operate a tool () at the exit port of the tip part () in response to the activation of an operating member (). The working channel comprises a generally tubular working channel wall. The distal working channel end comprises an exit port at the tip part () at the distal end of the endoscope (). The proximal working channel end comprises an end sealing means accommodated within the handle housing (). An entry port is provided between the distal working channel end and the proximal working channel end.

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Helsingør, Denmark

Kaspar Mat Matthison-Hansen