Endoscope having auxiliary hole

• US 5,728,045 A
• Filed: 12/18/1995
• Issued: 03/17/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujinon Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Optical Co. Ltd (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Komi, Shuji
• Primary Examiner(s): FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL
• Application Number:
  US08/572,882
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 600/101, 600/104, 600/139, 600/153, 600/156, 600/157, 604/27, 604/35, 604/902
• US Class Current: 600/156
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00094 Suction openings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/012 characterised by internal passages or accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/2736 Gastroscopes

Abstract

An endoscope which is capable of appropriately sucking air in the stomach in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and which is capable of feeding and sucking a liquid and air at a portion other than the end portion. The endoscope comprises: an end portion which is also used as a suction hole and which is provided with a forceps insertion; a bendable flexible portion; and an auxiliary hole disposed in an outer peripheral groove formed in the middle of the flexible portion separately from the forceps insertion hole. An auxiliary receiving portion at the operating portion is connected to the auxiliary portion through a supply pipe. It is possible to feed or suck water or air from the flexible portion by mounting a syringe or the like in the auxiliary receiving hole. Since the auxiliary hole is disposed in the outer peripheral groove, sucking or feeding is not obstructed by a wall or the like in the body under observation.

Claims

1. An endoscope having an auxiliary hole comprising:

a flexible portion connected at one end to an end portion and at another end to an operating portion;

said operating portion having a forceps insertion hole for leading a manipulating tool therethrough said forceps insertion hole also serving as a suction hole;

said flexible portion having an outer peripheral groove disposed in the middle thereof;

an auxiliary hole disposed in said outer peripheral groove separately from said forceps insertion hole at said operating portion, said auxiliary hole adapted to feed and suction a liquid or air therethrough.

2. An endoscope having an auxiliary hole according to claim 1, further comprising:

a supply pipe connected at one end to said auxiliary hole; and

an auxiliary receiving hole disposed in the operating portion of said endoscope, said auxiliary receiving hole being connected to another end of said supply pipe.