Methods and devices related to camera connectors
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1. A method of assembling a medical device, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an elongate flexible member adapted for extending from a point outside a patient'"'"'s body to a point inside the patient'"'"'s body, and having at least one passageway for communicating from a point outside the body to a point inside the body, the passageway having a distal end positionable in the body and a proximal end positionable outside the body;
providing a removable camera assembly comprising a camera adapted to be disposed in association with a distal portion of the elongated flexible member, a camera cable for extending from the camera through the passageway of the elongate flexible member; and
a cable end assembly; and
feeding the cable end assembly and the camera cable into the distal end of the passageway in the elongate flexible member such that the cable end assembly passes out of the proximal end of the passageway.
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Abstract
A method for use with an endoscopic system is disclosed. The method can provide for installing a camera system, such as a reusable camera system, with respect to an elongate flexible member, such as a disposable endoscopic catheter. The method can include feeding a camera cable and cable end assembly through a distal end of a disposable endoscopic catheter such that the cable end assembly extends out of the proximal end of the catheter, and releasably engaging the cable end assembly in a connector assembly associated with a video unit.
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1. A method of assembling a medical device, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an elongate flexible member adapted for extending from a point outside a patient'"'"'s body to a point inside the patient'"'"'s body, and having at least one passageway for communicating from a point outside the body to a point inside the body, the passageway having a distal end positionable in the body and a proximal end positionable outside the body;
providing a removable camera assembly comprising a camera adapted to be disposed in association with a distal portion of the elongated flexible member, a camera cable for extending from the camera through the passageway of the elongate flexible member; and
a cable end assembly; and
feeding the cable end assembly and the camera cable into the distal end of the passageway in the elongate flexible member such that the cable end assembly passes out of the proximal end of the passageway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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