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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7972264 | Plug body for endoscope An endoscope plug body comprises a plug frame, a lid member and a plug member and shuts off an inside of a treatment instrument insertion channel from an outside. The plug frame is provided with annular projection portions, a plug body destruction portion and a plug... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967744 | Biopsy inlet valve A valve for use in irrigating, accessing and sealing the instrument channel of an endoscope is disclosed. The valve is adapted for installation onto an endoscope instrument inlet port. The valve includes a body, a flip cap, and a seal curtain. The body has an open e... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7871372 | 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 e... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7670285 | Endoscope treatment instrument stopper and treatment instrument stopper section An endoscope treatment instrument stopper fitted in a channel opening of a treatment instrument insertion channel of an endoscope, includes a first stopper section having a first treatment instrument insertion hole into which a treatment instrument is inserted; a st... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7645231 | Endoscopic fluid supply conduit system An endoscopic fluid supply conduit system for use with an endoscope having an insertion tube and a universal cable connected to and from a manipulating head assembly. A fluid conduit is provided internally of the insertion tube to supply a fluid from a fluid feed po... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7488286 | Endoscope cap connector and method of using same An appliance is provided for connecting the water-tight cap of an endoscope using the distal end of the appliance to connect the water-tight cap over a venting pin connector to the proximal body of the endoscope or bronchoscope over the “S” connector by the prox... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7435214 | Atraumatic arthroscopic instrument sheath A removable, resilient atraumatic sheath for arthroscopic instruments. The sheath covers sharp edges on the arthroscopic instrument, particularly the distal tip of the rigid cannula, and thereby protects tissue and objects near a surgical site from accidental trauma... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7370653 | Closure devices for access ports of respiratory apparatuses A closure device (10) is disclosed for use with an access port (62,72,82,92) of a medical respiratory apparatus (60,70,80,90). The closure device (10) comprises a cap (14) that seals the access port (62,72,82,92) save for an... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371211 | Branching passage assembly for endoscopic biopsy channel Mounted internally of a casing of a manipulating head assembly of an endoscope is a branching passage member to connect a base end of a biopsy channel with a biopsy channel entrance way and a suction passage. The branching passage member is retained in position by t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7347816 | Adaptor for endoscope forceps opening In an adaptor for endoscope forceps opening: an adaptor connecting member includes an opening groove which is formed in its axial direction and from/to which the treatment tool is detached/attached, and an engaging groove integrally-formed to the opening groove; a t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7276075 | Endoscopic surgical access port and method A sliding gas-tight seal on an access port promotes insufflation of an anatomical space formed in tissue at a surgical site only during insertion of an endoscopic instrument through the access port into the anatomical space, and promotes deflation of the inflated sp... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7226411 | Valved plug for endoscopic biopsy channel A valved plug to be fitted on a mouth piece at an inlet opening of an endoscopic biopsy channel. The plug as a whole is formed of a resilient material, and has, at the opposite ends of a foldable connecting strip or string, a generally tubular main body portion whic... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220227 | Adapter for endoscope and endoscope An adapter for an endoscope of the present invention includes: a locking device for attaching and detaching that attaches and locks this adapter for an endoscope onto a predefined position on an endoscope control part; and a first treatment tool locking device that ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220226 | Removable operating device for a flexible endoscopic probe for medical purposes An operating device is provided which includes an instrument insertion conduit, having a distal end connectable to the operating channel input of a handle of an endoscopic probe, the proximal end of the instrument insertion conduit forming an instrument input for th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214183 | Endoscope apparatus having an insertion channel A structure having a proximal open end for inserting a treatment instrument into a channel of the insertion portion that opens to a display panel side, and is provided on the frame of the display portion, wherein the treatment instrument inserted from the proximal o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198599 | Endoscope apparatus A connecting device is designed releasably to connect a control section of an endoscope and a catheter control portion in a manner such that a channel opening portion in the control section of the endoscope and the catheter control portion are located close to each ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7128729 | Angiographic injector system and method of use An angiographic injector system and a method of controllably delivering medical fluid to a patient from an angiographic injector system are disclosed. A multiple processor control system is used to actively control the injection process and to monitor sensed functio... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7025721 | Endoscope channel cap The invention relates to an endoscope channel cap that may be used separately with two or more endoscopes each having a cap interface portion with a different configuration. The channel cap also may include one or more seals to maintain insufflation pressure both wh... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6984204 | Liquid feed device for use on endoscopes An endoscopic liquid feed device to be fitted on a mouth piece of a liquid feed port which is provided on a casing of a manipulating head assembly of an endoscope in communication with an internal liquid feed passage leading to a liquid injection port at a distal en... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6951568 | Low-profile multi-function vessel harvester and method A cannula comprises a main body for accommodating both an endoscopic lumen and a working lumen. The main body of the cannula ends at a point proximal to the distal end of the cannula. Extending distally from the point at which the main body end is an endoscopic diss... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6908459 | Needleless luer access connector A needleless luer access connector is disclosed having a septum disposed in a housing. The septum has a proximal portion with a cross section, a medial portion with a cross section smaller than the cross section of the proximal portion, and a distal portion. A longi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6893393 | Guidewire locking device and method A locking device for a maintaining an elongated member at a selected place within a body lumen comprises a substantially rigid body including an attachment portion adapted to be coupled to a distal portion of a medical instrument wherein, when in an operative positi... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6890294 | Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus comprises an endoscope having a treatment tool passage channel in at least an insertion portion, an adaptor for endoscope forceps opening, which can be detachably attached to a treatment tool insertion opening which is at one end of the treatm... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6740059 | Devices, systems and methods for patient infusion A device for delivering a fluid to a patient, including an exit port, a dispenser for causing fluid from a reservoir to flow to the exit port, a local processor programmed to cause a flow of fluid to the exit port based on flow instructions from a separate, remote c... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6458077 | Medical instrument, in particular a rectoscope The instrument has a working insert which may be inserted into a coupling housing sitting on the proximal side on an instrument shank and is releasably connectable to said housing and which includes a seal, carried by a carrier, which has at least one ela... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6254529 | Endoscopic forceps stopper A pair of generally semicircular, passage blocking valves (33b) that are made of an elastic material are provided in such a way as to block the passage leading to the inlet of a channel 4 of an endoscope and in such a state that the diameters (33c) of the... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6210378 | Treatment accessory for an endoscope An injector instrument and a forceps tap for use with an endoscope. The injector instrument is provided with at least one needle formed of a synthetic resin and is further provided with a variety of stopper devices which limit the amount that the needle c... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6200262 | Forceps stopper for endoscope A forcep stopper of an endoscope includes an annular seal member disposed on an inlet of a channel through which a treatment tool is inserted. The forcep stopper has a circular hole whose diameter is dimensioned to be smaller than an outer diameter of a s... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6165124 | Forceps plug of an endoscope A forceps plug of an endoscope includes a elastic seal member provided at an inlet of a channel through which a treatment tool is to be inserted and having an opening normally closed, and a tubular guide detachably inserted into the opening so that the ou... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6152870 | Endoscope An endoscope comprises a hollow shank, optic viewing means positioned in the hollow shank for observing a body cavity, and a separate adjustable instrument channel which is axially, slidably arranged in an internal guiding region of the hollow shank. The ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6117070 | Plug device for endoscopic instrument channel A plug device for use in an entrance passage which is provided on a manipulating head of an endoscope to guide a treating instrument like forceps into an instrument channel of the endoscope. The plug device includes a metallic outer shell, and a pressure ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6053861 | Self-closing seal for a medical instrument A seal for the accessory port of a medical instrument comprises a first region having an aperture formed in elastomeric material. The aperture permits an accessory of slightly greater diameter to be sealably introduced through the accessory port of the in... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5993379 | Fluid splashing preventive device A foul fluid splashing prevention device for an endoscope, which prevents foul fluids inside the body cavity from splashing, even when they spray out from a manipulating portion side of the endoscope. The foul fluid splashing prevention device includes a ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5976077 | Surgical endoscopic instrument A surgical endoscopic instrument for surgery in a region directly underneath a layer of tissue covering a body cavity and traversed by the instrument which has a tubular sleeve with an operating duct and an optical system. The optical system image guide e... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5971917 | Endoscope having washing ports An endoscope which allows a washing brush from an endoscope control section into all tubes, thereby facilitating washing works. In the endoscope control section, a water feeding pipe, for example, is separated into a front tube and a rear tube, and their ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5893878 | Micro traumatic tissue manipulator apparatus An apparatus for surgically manipulating tissue without causing irreparable damage to the tissue during retention and manipulation is disclosed. The tissue manipulator apparatus includes a shaft having proximal and distal ends, a rod member with proximal ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5879288 | Endoscope system including both reusable-type and cover-type endoscopes An endoscope system provided with an electronic or optical endoscope is provided therein with an illuminating optical system, an observation optical system, a flow passage system and a forceps channel. Cleaning and disinfection operations are performed on... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5863286 | Endoscope system including endoscope and disposable protection cover In an endoscope system including an endoscope having an insertion section and an operation section and a disposable protection cover having an insertion section cover having formed therein a forceps channel and a forceps inlet opening through which a forc... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5722933 | Channeled endoscope cover fitted type endoscope A cover-fit endoscope can be used while being covered with a cover so that it is watertight. An appliance channel is extended through the cover and an appliance insertion inlet of the channel is open. This opening of the appliance insertion inlet is provi... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5630787 | System including endoscope and disposable protection cover with channel An endoscope system for use in an endoscopic procedure including a plurality of endoscopes each having an insertion section to be inserted into a cavity under inspection and an operation section to which the insertion section is connected, and a plurality... | 05/20/1997 |
