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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2017
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Guy Genin, St. Louis, MO (US);
Chester Yarbrough, St. Louis, MO (US);
Thane Somers, St. Louis, MO (US);
Daniel Margolis, St. Louis, MO (US);
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A self-cleaning endoscope and methods of using the same are described. The self-cleaning endoscope includes a housing having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, a lens positioned at the distal end of the housing, and a lens protector coupled to the distal end of the housing external to the lens. The self-cleaning endoscope also includes a shaft extending longitudinally through the housing. The shaft is operatively coupled to the lens protector and configured to rotate the lens protector about an axis of rotation coaxial with the shaft. The self-cleaning endoscope further includes a motor at the proximal end of the housing. The motor is operatively coupled to the shaft and configured to drive rotation of the shaft.