Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.

Michael DiGiantommaso

John A Santangelo

An endoscope insertion cannula assembly including an endoscope housing and axially projecting body having an endoscope tip. An adapter is affixed about the endoscope housing, and a guide is affixed about the adapter. A spring and a seal are also affixed about the adapter. The endoscope instrument, together with the associated adapter, spring and guide, are inserted into a cannula housing. A pin on the inside of the cannula housing interacts with an angled slot on the distal surface of the guide to rotate the endoscope instrument into its proper rotational orientation. A hole in a cam surface of the spring then receives the pin on the inside of the cannula housing to control the axial orientation of the tip of the endoscope instrument with respect to the tip of the cannula tube.

Endoscope insertion cannula assembly

A cannula including a guide and a cam housing rotatably supported about the guide into which a trocar obtuator and an endoscopy instrument may be inserted. A tapered proximal surface of the guide and a cooperating pin on the instrument rotate the instrument into proper rotational alignment. An axial slot extending from the distal end of the taper and a cooperating axial slot in the cam housing are aligned so that as the pin continues to slide axially into the cannula, the pin will interfere with a cam surface projecting from the side of the cam housing wall to rotate the cam housing out of the way as the pin proceeds further down the slot until the pin drops behind the cam surface into a pin retaining area. Thus, the instrument may be easily slid into the cannula, and through the action of the cam housing and guide, is held in proper axial, rotational and sealing alignment.

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Brockton, MA, United States of America

Michael DiGiantommaso