Uretero-renoscope with catheter body having plural partitioned inner conduits
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1. An endoscope comprising;
- an ergonomically rodlike handle (47) on a catheter head piece (2),a first end of a flexible tubular catheter body (3) detachably engaged to said catheter head piece (2),said catheter body (3) having a circular cross section and at least four axially extending conduits (20, 21, 22,
23),said at least four axially extending conduits (20, 21, 22,
23) formed by two axially extending partitions (17,
18) intersecting at right angles at a point eccentric to said circular cross section of said catheter body (3),connector passages (20'"'"',21'"'"', 22'"'"', 23'"'"') opening on said head piece (2) separately communicating with said at least four axially extending conduits (20, 21, 22,
23),a first end of a tip (16) engaged to a second end of said catheter body (3),said at least four axially extending conduits extending to a free end of said tip,a first end of a single Bowden control wire (37) engaged on said handle (47),said control wire (37) extending through said catheter body (3) and eccentrically connected at a second end of said control wire to said free end of said tip (16),control means (35, 45,
46) on said handle (47) and connected to said single Bowden control wire (37) for axially moving said control wire (37),means associated with said tip for permitting said tip to flex relative to said second end of said catheter body (3) when said control means is actuated,one of said at least four axially extending conduits containing a light conducting fiberglass bundle (30),a connector passage of said connector passages communicating with said one of said at least four axially extending conduits containing said light conducting fiberglass bundle (30) having an eye piece on said handle (47), andthe remaining conduits of said at least four axially extending conduits selectively used for working and irrigation conduits.
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Abstract
An endoscope, particularly for use as a uretero-renoscope, includes a catheter head piece with a flexible catheter body in the form of a semi-flexible hose having a highly flexible tip, the hose being divided into internal axially extending conduits by interior walls which bisect the interior of the catheter body in a asymmetric fashion so that the conduits are not of equal size. The head piece is in the form of an ergonimcally shaped rod-like handle which surrounds an eye piece and is disclosed coaxial with the catheter body.
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1. An endoscope comprising;
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an ergonomically rodlike handle (47) on a catheter head piece (2), a first end of a flexible tubular catheter body (3) detachably engaged to said catheter head piece (2), said catheter body (3) having a circular cross section and at least four axially extending conduits (20, 21, 22,
23),said at least four axially extending conduits (20, 21, 22,
23) formed by two axially extending partitions (17,
18) intersecting at right angles at a point eccentric to said circular cross section of said catheter body (3),connector passages (20'"'"',21'"'"', 22'"'"', 23'"'"') opening on said head piece (2) separately communicating with said at least four axially extending conduits (20, 21, 22,
23),a first end of a tip (16) engaged to a second end of said catheter body (3), said at least four axially extending conduits extending to a free end of said tip, a first end of a single Bowden control wire (37) engaged on said handle (47), said control wire (37) extending through said catheter body (3) and eccentrically connected at a second end of said control wire to said free end of said tip (16), control means (35, 45,
46) on said handle (47) and connected to said single Bowden control wire (37) for axially moving said control wire (37),means associated with said tip for permitting said tip to flex relative to said second end of said catheter body (3) when said control means is actuated, one of said at least four axially extending conduits containing a light conducting fiberglass bundle (30), a connector passage of said connector passages communicating with said one of said at least four axially extending conduits containing said light conducting fiberglass bundle (30) having an eye piece on said handle (47), and the remaining conduits of said at least four axially extending conduits selectively used for working and irrigation conduits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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