Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20090062610 | Automated Endoscope Reprocessor Self-Disinfection Connection An endoscope reprocessor having a water supply disinfection filter and a method for self-disinfection of the filter employ a pair of connectors to switch from a normal operating mode into a self-disinfection mode in which circulating germicidal fluid within the reproces... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20080249362 | Endoscope System with a Disposal Sheath The purpose of this invention is absolute elimination of medical cross-infection by endoscopy. It offers an endoscope system with a disposal sheath. The disposal sheath via anterior end cap connects the capsule which covers the outside of the endoscope and the disposal ... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080234547 | Deflectable Autoclavable Endoscope An endoscope has a shaft housing a lighting and an image transmission system and said endoscope being designed to be autoclavable. The shaft has a distal end portion which is made deflectable. An outer part is provided which is attached to said shaft. The outer part has... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080139885 | Autoclavable antireflective coatings for endoscopy windows and related methods The present application discloses various embodiments of optical windows for use within an endoscope and includes a substrate sized to be coupled to the endoscope and defining a first surface and at least a second surface, and at least one autoclavable coating applied t... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080097157 | STERILE TRANSCOLONIC ACCESS DEVICE Devices and methods useful for transluminally accessing a body cavity are disclosed. In one embodiment, a transluminal access device adapted to be inserted through a body lumen is provided and can include an inner shaft having an opening at its distal end and adapted to... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20070293723 | ENDOSCOPE FOR STERILIZING BUILT-IN ELONGATED CHANNEL WITH HIGH-TEMPERATURE AND HIGH-PRESSURE VAPOR An endoscope according to the present invention includes an endoscope main body, in which a channel having at least one end communicated with the outside is inserted and which is covered with an exterior member, and a communicating hole which is arranged in the halfway ... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070185385 | Endoscope washing/disinfecting system, endoscope, and endoscope washing/disinfecting device In a washing/disinfecting tank of an endoscope washing/disinfecting device, an endoscope connection portion to be joined to a connector portion of an endoscope body is provided, and receiving-side bases to be connected to each of pipelines of the endoscope body are prov... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070161859 | Computer Control and Record System for an Endoscope Leak Tester Computer systems and software for controlling an endoscope integrity tester and recording the test results in a manner linked to the endoscope's digital identifier. The pressurization and humidity measurement and calculations, and the resulting determination of passage ... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070149848 | Computer Software for an Endoscope Leak Tester Computer systems and software for controlling an endoscope integrity tester. The pressurization measurement and calculations, and the resulting determination of passage or failure is automated and controlled by the computer as directed by software with minimal human pro... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20060293564 | Endoscope, endoscope system, and filter unit An endoscope includes an insertion portion; a channel member that has one opening at a distal portion of the insertion portion and other opening at a portion other than the distal portion; an exterior member opening that communicatively connects an interior of the endos... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060276691 | REPAIRABLE ENDOSCOPE A rigid endoscope includes an outer housing subassembly that supports an optics subassembly. The outer housing subassembly includes concentric tubes with optical fiber for providing object illumination. The optics subassembly includes a tubular sheath sealed at both end... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060252991 | Systems and methods for endoscope integrity testing Systems and methods for determining the integrity of an endoscope. The systems and methods provide for an air enclosure which includes the internal area of the sleeve or tubing of the endoscope to be pressurized. Pressure measurements of the air enclosure are then taken... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060252990 | Systems and methods for endoscope integrity testing Systems and methods for determining the integrity of an endoscope. The systems and methods provide for an air enclosure which includes the internal area of the sleeve or tubing of the endoscope to be pressurized. Pressure measurements of the air enclosure are then taken... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060235274 | RIGID ENDOSCOPE OPTICS WITH A COMPOUND HOUSING A rigid endoscope optics (1) including a housing consisting of several housing parts (5, 8, 9, 6, 16) which hermetically encloses optic elements (3, 2, 4) and which is fitted with a hermetic connection (13, 14; 7, 15) between two housing part... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060224042 | Automated endoscope reprocessor connection integrity testing via liquid suction A method detects proper connection of fixtures to a channel in an endoscope and proper flow through the channel during a cleaning or disinfection procedure. The endoscope has a first opening into one of its channels to which is connected a fixture and a second opening w... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060173242 | Hermetic endoscope assemblage Hermetically sealed enclosures and constructions are disclosed for use in endoscopic systems, particularly endoscopic systems with electronic imaging and illumination systems in the enclosures. Compound optical windows are also disclosed for use in the systems. The comp... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060116551 | Single-use system and method for endoscopy pre-cleaning A single-use cleaning system for pre-cleaning an endoscope including a container, a premixed enzymatic solution residing within the container for cleaning the endoscope, a lid removably affixed to the container to secure the premixed enzymatic solution within the contai... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060069308 | Endoscope for medical and non-medical purposes The invention relates to an endoscope for medical and non-medical purposes having a housing and a shaping element positioned in the housing containing a hygroscopic substance. To design a medical instrument of the aforementioned type in such a manner than the hygroscopi... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20060058583 | Lubricant for endoscope and endoscope A lubricant for an endoscope, which is designed to be applied to surfaces of built-in members for enhancing lubricity among a plurality of built-in members accommodated in a flexible insertion tube constituting an insertion portion of endoscope, the lubricant including ... | 03/16/2006 |
| 20060025655 | AUTOCLAVABLE ENDOSCOPE An autoclavable endoscope, such as the type used in ophthalmological operations, has a probe that contains optical fiber guides such as an image guide, a laser guide and an illumination guide. The distal end of these guides are sealed to the distal end of the probe with... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20050209507 | Endoscope washer system, endoscope washer device, and endoscope An endoscope washer system comprises: an endoscope having a channel positioned on the inside thereof and comprising an insertion portion and an operating unit; and an endoscope washer device comprising a fluid supplying channel capable of moving between a retreated posi... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050192477 | Rigid endoscope optics with a compound housing A rigid endoscope optics (1) including a housing formed by several housing parts (5, 8, 9, 6, 16) that hermetically enclose optic elements (3, 2, 4) and are fitted with hermetic connections (7, 11, 13, 14, 15) between each other. At least one... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050148819 | Sterilizing apparatus and sterilizing method The invention is a sterilizing apparatus that reads information from an information recording section provided in an endoscope, sets a sterilizing process condition for sterilizing the endoscope on the basis of the read information, and controls a sterilizing process in... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050065403 | Endoscope for sterilizing built-in elongated channel with high-temperature and high-pressure vapor An endoscope according to the present invention includes an endoscope main body, in which a channel having at least one end communicated with the outside is inserted and which is covered with an exterior member, and a communicating hole which is arranged in the halfway ... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050065402 | Method for high-temperature high-pressure steam sterilization treatment of endoscope and endoscope A method for autoclave sterilization of an endoscope 2 of the present invention includes the step of making a space, which is defined by the outer side of a channel and an outer covering member of the endoscope 2, communicate with the outside of the endosc... | 03/24/2005 |
