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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventor:
Jeffry S. Melsheimer, Springville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 2025/015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control for an endoscope includes a housing defining an interior volume. A lever external to the housing extends through the housing into the interior volume. A gear system positioned in the interior volume is operatively coupled to the lever. The gear system includes a first quadrant and a second quadrant each configured to pivot about a corresponding axis to deflect a flexible distal tip portion of the endoscope in a corresponding direction.