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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sightline Technologies Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 ; A61B 1/012 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 ; A61B 1/012 ;
Abstract
A video endoscope includes a generally rigid; elongate insertion member having distal and proximal ends, and a video camera head fixed at the distal end of the insertion member. A sheath fits over and covers the insertion member, the sheath having a distal portion covering the video camera head, at least a section of which distal portion is substantially transparent. The distal portion of the sheath further including a narrowed tip comprising two or more leaves which are closed during insertion through the anus and open apart after insertion to expose the transparent section of the distal portion of the sheath.