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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Applicant:
Arnaud Duchene, Longjumeau, FR;
Inventor:
Arnaud Duchene, Longjumeau, FR;
Assignee:
Optomed, Courtaboeuf, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic endoscope () of the type including: a distal end () including an illumination element and an electronic image acquisition member; a probe (), one of the ends of which is connected to the distal end; and control elements () connected to the other end of the probe, characterized in that the probe includes a plastically malleable portion () suitable for preserving, under the effect of its own weight when the endoscope is in use, the shape which has been conferred on it by an operator, the malleable portion carrying the distal end of the endoscope.