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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
William B. Weisenburgh, Ii, Maineville, OH (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rudolph H. Nobis, Mason, OH (US);
David B. Griffith, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert M. Trusty, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rudolph H. Nobis, Mason, OH (US);
David B. Griffith, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert M. Trusty, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning a lens, or one or more lenses, of an endoscopic camera while the endoscope is deployed in a patient during a medical procedure, such as a minimally invasive procedure, or a therapeutic or diagnostic procedure, is disclosed. The cleaning apparatus generally includes a conduit having a fluid delivery port, an alignment system, and a flexible supply tube to fluidly connect the conduit to one or both of a source of a fluid and a suction device.