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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Endochoice, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Lang, Wedel, DE;
Stephan Wieth, Klein Nordende, DE;
Assignee:
EndoChoice, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/008 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/008 (2013.01); A61B 1/0051 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61M 25/0133 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00318 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00327 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control unit that includes a braking system for fixing the position of an endoscope tip is provided. The control system includes an up-down control knob and a right-left control knob. The brakes are engaged by rotating the control knob itself counter-clockwise from a free wheeling position. After the brakes have been engaged, a sufficient amount of force applied to the control knobs will move the endoscope tip slightly in the corresponding direction, allowing for fine tuning of tip position after braking.