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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7846089 | Bendable portion control mechanism of an endoscope A bendable portion control mechanism of an endoscope including a control portion and an insertion portion, includes two manually-rotatable control knobs, one of which being provided on top of the other and disposed coaxially with each other, for bending the bendable... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7150752 | Endoscopic instrument A fitting hole portion of a shaft portion fitted to a mouth ring portion of an endoscope is provided to an attachment portion of a ligation band operation band, and an operation to switch between a flange portion insertion position at which the flange portion of the... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6958036 | Endoscopic manual control knob, and a method for manufacturing same An endoscopic manual control knob which has a knob body proper in the form of a synthetic resin molding. The knob body is largely composed of a ring-like top plate and a peripheral side wall portion fringed along outer periphery of the top plate. The top plate is pr... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6899673 | Endoscope An endoscope has a first bending portion, a second bending portion, and a hand-held unit. The first bending portion is the distal portion of an elongated insertion member and has a plurality of joint pieces concatenated so that the joint pieces can rotate freely. Th... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6699183 | Quick-acting closure for an endoscope The invention relates to an endoscope comprising a first quick-acting closure (3) for a traction wire (13) of a Bowden wire device, which closure is arranged at the proximal end to be pivotable or displaceable, with a locking position of the quick-acting ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6440062 | Control wire driving mechanism for use in endoscope A control wire driving mechanism for use in an endoscope includes a toothed wheel actuated to rotate in a control part of the endoscope. A control wire has a cord-like member helically wound on and secured to the outer peripheral surface of a portion near... | 08/27/2002 |
| 5921956 | Surgical instrument A surgical instrument is steerable from the hub of the instrument to move a surgical tool to different offset positions. The instrument includes a shaft disposed along a longitudinal axis between a proximal region and a distal region at which the surgical... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5667476 | Endoscope articulation system to reduce effort during articulation of an endoscope An endoscope having an articulation system that provides a mechanical advantage and facilitates articulation of the distal section of the endoscope insertion tube. The endoscope includes a handle held by a user during an endoscopic procedure and an insert... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5325847 | Distal end part of endoscope A distal end part of an endoscope including an objective optical system which is disposed in the distal end portion of an insert part of the endoscope so that the optical axis of the objective optical system perpendicularly intersects the longitudinal axi... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5007406 | Bending control device of endoscope A bending control device of an endoscope for bending a bendable portion, formed at the distal end of the insert part of the endoscope, by manual operation of a control part connected to the proximal end of the insert part is provided. The bending control ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4825850 | Contamination protection system for endoscope control handles A contamination system for endoscopes having a handle, an insertion tube projecting from the handle, and control knobs detachably mounted on control shafts projecting from the handle to control the angular orientation of distal end of the insertion tube. ... | 05/02/1989 |
