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Endoscope sheath and related method

  • US 5,217,001 A
  • Filed: 12/09/1991
  • Issued: 06/08/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device utilizable with an endoscope to promote sterility, comprising:

  • a substantially thin-walled elongate tubular sheath made of a flexible material, said sheath having a use configuration with an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of an insertion member of the endoscope, whereby said sheath may be removably disposed about such insertion member to substantially surround same prior to insertion of the insertion member into a patient;

    a transparent element attached in a fluid tight seal to a distal end of said sheath so that said transparent element covers a distal end of the insertion member of the endoscope; and

    securing means on said sheath for facilitating attachment thereof in a fluid tight seal to the insertion member of the endoscope and for concomitantly facilitating subsequent removal of said sheath from the insertion member of the endoscope, said securing means including at least one pair of cooperating zip-lock elements extending longitudinally along said sheath.

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