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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Reinhold Schmieding, Naples, FL (US);
Craig Speier, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Martin A. Frith, Goleta, CA (US);
Sabine Pauli, Seitingen-Oberflacht, DE;
Daniel Seeh, Immendingen, DE;
ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US);
Abstract
A rotation mechanism (rotating device) that can be easily accessed by the surgeon's finger to rotate an endoscope or similar instrument. The rotation mechanism is a device/component with a 'starfish' configuration, which can be attached to the endoscope/arthroscope just distal to the eyepiece (or to an alternate attachment to a camera). The starfish component has a plurality of projections that extend radially from the endoscope axis, and beyond the diameter of the mechanism on the camera head that grasps the arthroscope eyecup. The projections can be easily accessed by the surgeon's finger to rotate the endoscope.