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Patent No.:

US 12048419 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2022

Peroxide-resistant flexible endoscope, and methods of reprocessing or sterilizing such endoscope

Applicant:

Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hrishikesh Deo, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Yusuke Iimori, Saitama, JP;

Yasuhiro Sakai, Saitama, JP;

Norimasa Okada, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Timothy J Neal

Assistant Examiner:

James Edward Boice

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/0008 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01);
Abstract

A peroxide-resistant endoscope comprises an interface portion; a control portion coupled to the interface portion; and an insertion portion coupled to the control portion. The insertion portion comprises a bending portion; an insertion tube extending from a distal end of the control portion to a proximal end of the bending portion; a bending portion coupled to a distal end of the insertion tube; and a distal tip at a distal end of the bending portion. The peroxide-resistant endoscope also comprises a light carrying bundle (LCB) that extends from the interface portion to the distal tip. An outer casing of the bending portion consists essentially of fluorocarbon rubber, the LCB is lubricated by a first lubricant that comprises at least one solid lubricant and does not contain more than ten percent by weight of molybdenum disulfide, and an outer casing of the insertion tube is bonded to the outer casing of the bending portion by an epoxy adhesive.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Deo, Hrishikesh. (2024). Peroxide-resistant flexible endoscope, and methods of reprocessing or sterilizing such endoscope (U.S. Patent No. 12048419). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12048419

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