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7615066 |
Articulating mechanism for remote manipulation of a surgical or diagnostic tool
The invention provides an articulating mechanism useful, for example, for remote manipulation of various surgical instruments and diagnostic tools within, or to, regions of the body. Movement of...
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7591783 |
Articulation joint for video endoscope
A video endoscope system includes a reusable control cabinet and an endoscope that is connectable thereto. The endoscope may be used with a single patient and then disposed. The endoscope includes...
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7591781 |
Endoscope system with insertion direction changing guides
An endoscope system includes an endoscope and an insertion unit guide member. The endoscope has an elongated insertion unit whose bending section adjoins a distal section thereof. The insertion...
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7553275 |
Medical device with articulating shaft
A medical device includes an articulating shaft with a pair of slat assemblies. By moving an articulator, the slat assemblies are configured to concurrently push while the other pulls in order to...
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7530945 |
Endoscope and method for assembling components of an optical system
An endoscope has a tubular shaft whose interior contains components, in particular lenses, spacers, diaphragms, prisms and filters of an optical system, said components being at least partially...
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7435216 |
Robotized laparoscopic system
A robotized laparoscopic system capable of executing commands of an operating surgeon is provided. The laparoscopic system includes a cylindrical tube inserted through an incision. A small-sized...
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7367939 |
Rotational, translational and torqueing control members for an endoscopic instrument
A flexible endoscopic dip applier includes a flexible coil with a manual actuator coupled to one end and a jaw assembly coupled to the other end. A store of clips is arranged adjacent to the jaw...
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7318803 |
Endoscope and manufacturing method therefor
An endoscope is provided with a pliable tube composed of an integument layer formed from a resin and a metal tube integrally fitted into this integument layer in an insertion portion. The inner...
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7311659 |
Endoscope shaft
An endoscope shaft comprising a working conduit and a number of supply and/or functional conduits. The supply and/or functional conduits have an excessive length with respect to the endoscope shaft...
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7277833 |
Modeling of the workspace and active pending behavior of an endscope using filter functions
A method is provided for simulating a flexible tube in an environment. The method comprises determining a model of the flexible tube according to a plurality of internal constraints of the flexible...
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7250027 |
Articulating vertebrae with asymmetrical and variable radius of curvature
An endoscope has a first segment with a proximal end and a distal end and is symmetric about an axis. A second segment, comprising a flexible and interconnected linkage system, is pivotably coupled...
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7235046 |
Toroidal propulsion and steering system
An apparatus comprises a body having a torus skin with inner and outer layers, and a drive system configured to propel the apparatus by moving the inner layer relative to the outer layer. The...
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7232434 |
Catheter
A catheter according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a flexible tubular insert section having, in the outer surface of the distal end side of the insert section, a plurality of...
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7169105 |
Flexible tube for an endoscope
A flexible tube for an endoscope has an elongated tubular core body, and an outer cover which is provided over the core body. The outer cover is composed of an inner layer, an outer layer and at...
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7117703 |
Wire-stranded hollow coil body, a medical equipment made therefrom and a method of making the same
A wire-stranded hollow coil body ( 1 ) has a multitude of coil line elements ( 2 ) stranded along a predetermined circular line to form a flexible wire tube having a central axial hollow portion (...
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7115092 |
Tubular compliant mechanisms for ultrasonic imaging systems and intravascular interventional devices
A micromanipulator comprising a tubular structure and a structural compliance mechanism that are formed from a tube made of an elastic and/or superelastic material. Fabricated with laser machining...
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7060026 |
Diassembly of endoscope having adhesively bonded parts
An endoscope comprises a plurality of members constituting the endoscope, and parts-bonded sections each having at least members thereof bonded together using an adhesive. The temperatures of...
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7052489 |
Medical device with deflecting shaft and related methods of manufacture and use
Various embodiments of a medical device having a deflecting shaft and related methods of manufacture and use are disclosed. For example, the device may include a proximal handle, a distal assembly...
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7044906 |
Flexible tube for an endoscope and an endoscope equipped with the flexible tube
A flexible tube for an endoscope includes a tubular core member, and an outer cover provided around the core member, the outer cover being formed of a material containing as a major component...
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7033314 |
Endoscopic devices and method of use
An apparatus including a handle; a first tubular body coupled to the handle and a second tubular body comprising a polymer material coupled to a distal end of the first tubular body and the distal...
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7011627 |
Flexible tube for an endoscope and electronic endoscope equipped with the flexible tube
An flexible tube for an endoscope having excellent resilience and durability is provided. The flexible tube for an endoscope includes a spiral coil formed by helically winding a band-shaped member,...
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7008375 |
Articulating shaft
An articulating shaft includes an outer tubular member having a longitudinal axis and portions defining a slot. An inner tubular member is disposed within the outer member and movable about the...
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6991603 |
Insertion tube device
Insertion tube devices are disclosed.
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6984203 |
Endoscope with adjacently positioned guiding apparatus
An endoscope with guiding apparatus is provided. The endoscope has an elongate body with a steerable distal portion, an automatically controlled portion, a flexible and passively manipulated...
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6951537 |
Endoscope of which the bending part is operated by fluid supply or exhaustion
An endoscope whose bending section is moved with supply or discharge of fluid comprises: a fluid-pressure actuator that is included as a bending section in an insertion unit and has fluid chambers...
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6921363 |
Transesophageal endoscope with improved bite-through protection
A transesophageal probe shaft has a cover which is formed by a plurality of separate layers joined by a pressure sensitive adhesive. In a preferred embodiment the cover forms the outer cover of an...
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6899674 |
Endoscope shaft comprising a movable end portion
The present invention relates to an endoscope shaft comprising a movable distal end portion which is bendable by means of an operating device, the distal end portion having at least one...
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6858005 |
Tendon-driven endoscope and methods of insertion
A steerable, tendon-driven endoscope is described herein. The endoscope has an elongated body with a manually or selectively steerable distal portion and an automatically controlled, segmented...
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6814698 |
Endoscope with flexible light guide having offset distal end
An optical fiber viewing assembly for an endoscope has a light guide with an elastically flexible portion and a substantially rigid pre-curved distal portion. The viewing assembly is particularly...
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6773395 |
Endoscope
An endoscope of the present invention includes a flexible tube section having an outer sheath layer composed of resin for constituting an endoscope insertion section and a slender tube member...
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6749560 |
Endoscope shaft with slotted tube
An endoscope comprising a control section and a shaft extending from the control section. The shaft has a frame with a one-piece tube along a majority of a length of the shaft. The tube comprises a...
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6743239 |
Devices with a bendable tip for medical procedures
An improved device for performing medical procedures, preferably minimally invasive medical procedures, includes a shaft with a proximal and distal end and a bendable tip extending from the distal...
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6712758 |
Grounding system for a fiberscope
A grounding system for a fiberscope utilizing an electrically conductive braid surrounding at least a portion of a flexible hollow tube containing fiber optic bundles. The fiberscope also includes...
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6689052 |
Endoscope characterized by soft section thereof through which built-in components lie
An endoscope characterized by a soft section thereof through which built-in components lie has a flexible tube and pluralities of metallic built-in components and nonmetallic built-in components....
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6673012 |
Control device for an endoscope
An endoscope having an elongated insertion portion provided at a distal end thereof with a steerable bendable portion, includes at least one steering member which is rotated to bend the steerable...
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6647281 |
Expandable diagnostic or therapeutic apparatus and system for introducing the same into the body
An assembly that includes an apparatus having an elongate body and an expandable/collapsible device, a tubular member defining a lumen configured to receive the apparatus, and a handle, fixedly...
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6629924 |
Enhanced endotracheal tube
An enhanced endotracheal tube utilizing a fiber optic bundle positioned in its wall section to transmit light and a reflectively coated bore to transmit images is disclosed. Additional passages...
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6623424 |
Flexible tube for an endoscope and electronic endoscope equipped with the flexible tube
A flexible tube for an endoscope which has excellent insertion operability is disclosed. The flexible tube includes and an elongated flexible tubular body constructed from a core body having a...
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6616600 |
Endoscope shaft
The invention relates to an endoscope shaft comprising a hose body which forms a central working conduit and a number of functional conduits. According to the invention, the hose body is...
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6612982 |
Fully-swallowable endoscopic system
A fully-swallowable endoscopic system includes a rod-shaped endoscope body which can be swallowed entirely by a patient to be examined so as to be placed in a body cavity, at least part of the...
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6599239 |
Flexible tube for endoscope, material used for producing outer cover of the flexible tube, and production method of the flexible tube
A flexible tube for an endoscope includes a flexible elongated structural body and an outer cover provided over the elongated structural body. The outer cover is made of a material which contains...
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6585640 |
Method for controlling relative deformation between an endoscope and components thereof
An endoscope where problems due to a difference of deformation amount in the longitudinal direction generated between the flexible tube and the integrated object during autoclave sterilization are...
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6579582 |
Apparatus and method for forming complex-shaped components in a heated polymeric film
A thin-walled polymeric component that may have a selected complex shape, and a method of forming the component. The method includes heating a portion of a polymeric film to a selected malleable...
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6572538 |
Flexible endoscope
The endoscope comprises a flexible insertion member with different hardness for bending in a predetermined area of longitudinal direction thereof. This insertion member includes a flexible tube...
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6565507 |
Flexible tube, and method for manufacturing same
A flexible tube having a laminated multi-layer structure including an outer layer composed of a main tube body layer formed of thermoplastic synthetic resin in a predetermined thickness and a...
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6565506 |
Endoscope
An elongated built-in component formed with a hollow resin tube is passed through a flexible tube that is an integral part of a soft insertion member of an endoscope. Assuming that a critical...
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6551239 |
Shaft for a flexible endoscope and flexible endoscope
A shaft is provided for a flexible endoscope. The shaft has a tubular mantle whose outer surface contacts a body tissue of a patient during use of said endoscope. The outer surface of said shaft is...
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6547723 |
Fully-swallowable endoscopic system
A fully-swallowable endoscopic system includes a rod-shaped endoscope body which can be swallowed entirely by a patient to be examined so as to be placed in a body cavity, the rod-shaped endoscope...
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6527706 |
Insertion instrument of an endoscope
In an endoscopic insertion instrument having a rigid tip end section, an elongated flexible body, and an angle section connected between the rigid tip end section and the flexible body, a joint...
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6514198 |
Endoscope capable of undergoing at least one of cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization at high temperature
An endoscope can undergo at least one of cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization at high temperature. The endoscope includes an elongated insertion member and a control section joined to the...
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