Endoscope and bending operation device for endoscope

• US 20080139886A1
• Filed: 12/04/2007
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Tatsuyama, Masanobu
• Application Number:
  US11/999,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20080139886A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/146
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0052 Constructional details of control elements, e.g. handles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0055 Constructional details of insertion parts, e.g. vertebral elements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0057 Constructional details of force transmission elements, e.g. control wires

Abstract

An endoscope includes an inserting section having a bending portion, an operating section provided to the inserting section, a bending operation device provided to the operating section, and an operation wire. One end of the operation wire is connected to the bending portion and the other end is connected to the bending operation device. The operation wire is manipulated to bend the bending portion by the bending operation device. The bending operation device includes a handle and a wound body. The handle has a first central axis and is turned around the first central axis. The wound body has a second central axis and is provided to the handle and is fixed to the operation wire. The second central axis of the wound body is provided to be eccentric with respect to the first central axis of the handle.

Claims

1. An endoscope comprising:

an inserting section including a proximal end and a bending portion which is bent in a plurality of directions;

an operating section provided at the proximal end of the inserting section;

a bending operation device provided to the operating section; and

at least one wire which includes a distal end portion arranged at the bending portion and a proximal end portion arranged at the bending operation device and is manipulated to bend the bending portion by an operation of the bending operation device,

wherein the bending operation device includes;

at least one handle having a first central axis, the handle is turned around the first central axis in a state where the handle is arranged in the operating section; and

at least one wound body having a second central axis, the wound body being provided to the handle and being fixed to the proximal end portion of the operation wire, and the second central axis of the wound body being provided to be eccentric with respect to the first central axis of the handle.

2. The endoscope according to claim 1,

wherein the wound body includes discoid body, and

the second central axis of the wound body is rotatable on the second central axis and around the first central axis of the handle so that the second central axis of the wound body is placed at positions close to a proximal end of the bending portion when the bending portion is straight, and the second central axis of the wound body is placed at positions away from the proximal end of the bending portion while rotating on the second central axis of the wound body and bending on the bending portion.

3. The endoscope according to claim 1,

wherein the handle has single handle,

the operation wire has one pair of operation wires,

the wound body has one pair of wound bodies so that the proximal end portion of each of the pair of operation wires is fixed to each wound body, and

the second central axis of each of the pair of wound bodies match with each other.

4. The endoscope according to claim 1,

wherein the handle has two handles,

the operation wire has two pairs of operation wires,

the wound body has two pairs of wound bodies so that the proximal end portion of each of the pair of operation wires is fixed to each wound body, and

the second central axis of each of one pair of wound bodies match with each other and the other remaining pair of wound bodies match with each other.

5. A bending operation device for an endoscope, the endoscope including an inserting section having a bending portion and an operation section arranged to the inserting section, the bending operation device arranged at the operating section,

wherein ends of a plurality of operation wires which are used to bend the bending portion of the inserting section of the endoscope being disposed to the bending operation device, supplying and pulling in the operation wires enabling bending the bending portion in a predetermined direction, and

wherein the bending operation device includes:

at least one handle which having a first central axis, the handle being arranged to allow its turning motion around the first central axis in a state where it protrudes toward the outside of the operating section; and

at least one wound body having a second central axis, the wound body being provided to the handle and being fixed to the proximal end portion of the operation wire, and the second central axis of the wound body being provided to be eccentric with respect to the first central axis of the handle.

6. The device according to claim 5,

wherein the wound body includes discoid body, and

the second central axis of the wound body is rotatable on the second central axis and around the first central axis of the handle so that the second central axis of the wound body is placed at positions close to a proximal end of the bending portion when the bending portion is straight, and the second central axis of the wound body is placed at positions away from the proximal end of the bending portion while rotating on the second central axis of the wound body and bending on the bending portion.

7. The device according to claim 5,

wherein the wound body has one pair of wound bodies so that the proximal end portion of each of the pair of operation wires is fixed to each wound body, and

the second central axis of each of the pair of wound bodies match with each other.

8. The device according to claim 5,

wherein the wound body has two pairs of wound bodies so that the proximal end portion of each of the pair of operation wires is fixed to each wound body, and

the second central axis of each of one pair of wound bodies match with each other and the other remaining pair of wound bodies match with each other.