Endoscope for nasal surgery

• US 5,020,514 A
• Filed: 05/22/1990
• Issued: 06/04/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard Wolf GmbH (Richard & Annemarie Wolf- Stiftung)
• Original Assignee: Richard Wolf GmbH (Richard & Annemarie Wolf- Stiftung)
• Inventors: Heckele, Helmut
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Application Number:
  US07/527,221
• Time in Patent Office: 378 Days
• Field of Search: 128/4, 128/6
• US Class Current: 600/107
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00135 Oversleeves mounted on the endoscope prior to insertion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/12 with cooling or rinsing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/233 for the nose, i.e. nasoscopes , e.g. testing of patency of Eustachian tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/29 Forceps for use in minimally invasive surgery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2217/005 with suction drainage system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2217/007 with irrigation system

Abstract

An endoscope for nasal surgery comprises an outer shaft having a handle incorporating a switching valve for connecting a suction and flushing channel of the outer shaft to, and disconnecting it from, a source of negative pressure and a source of flushing fluid. A working insert for insertion into the outer shaft, comprises a shaft for receiving an optical system proximally connected to the working insert, a shaft having a proximally positioned connector for insertion therethrough of an auxiliary instrument, for example a pair of forceps, and two guides for wires or rods which are movable by means of handles pivoted to the proximal end part of the working insert to displace a lever on the distal end of the working insert angularly to adjust the distal end of the auxiliary instrument.

Claims

1. An endoscope for nasal surgery, comprising:

an outer endoscope shaft incorporating a suction and flushing shaft;

a handle connected to the outer shaft, in which handle is provided a switching valve for connecting the suction and flushing shaft to, and disconnecting it from, a negative pressure source and a flushing fluid source;

a working insert for the outer shaft couplable thereto proximally of the handle and having a shaft for receiving an auxiliary instrument inserted thereinto by way of an angled connector on said insert, and a shaft for receiving an optical system connectable proximally to said insert;

a lever on said insert for pivotally displacing a distal end of the auxiliary instrument when said instrument is received in said instrument receiving shaft;

an angularly displaceable operating handle for said lever, on either side of said insert; and

elongate means connecting said handles to said lever for angular displacement thereof by angular displacement of said handles.

2. An endoscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elongate means comprises at least one wire.

3. An endoscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elongate means comprises at least one rod.

4. An endoscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein said angled connector is angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of said endoscope, and is provided with a bearing for angular displacement of the angled connector.

5. An endoscope as claimed in claim 4, wherein said elongate means run through guides, said guides and said instrument receiving shaft being fixedly connected to said optical system receiving shaft as a single unit.