Deformable fiberscope with a displaceable supplementary device
First Claim
1. A deformable endoscope comprising a closed fiberscope part housing at least one light/image transmission passage and at least one work channel, at least one additional instrument, the fiberscope part being separable from the at least one additional instrument, a holding device including at least one permanent magnet associated with one of the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument and at least one counter-element made of magnetic material associated with the other one of the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument, the holding device holding and/or guiding the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument relative to one another, the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument forming a unit when not separated from each other which has a non-round cross-section along a longitudinal insertion section that is to be introduced into a body orifice, the permanent magnet and the at least one counter-element being displaceable relative to one another in a longitudinal direction of the unit for longitudinally displacing the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument relative to each other.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a deformable endoscope that has one or more light/image transmission passages and in which at least one additional instrument is provided, wherein the unit of endoscope and additional instrument has a non-round cross-section along a longitudinal section (insertion section) to be inserted into a human or animal body orifice. The light/image transmission passage or the plurality of light/image transmission passages form—in particular together with at least one work passage—a closed unit (fiberscope part) which can be separated from the additional instrument. The fiberscope part and the additional instrument can be displaced relatively relative to one another along their longitudinal directions. A holding unit is provided for the holding and/or guiding of the fiberscope part and the additional instrument relative to one another.
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- 1. A deformable endoscope comprising a closed fiberscope part housing at least one light/image transmission passage and at least one work channel, at least one additional instrument, the fiberscope part being separable from the at least one additional instrument, a holding device including at least one permanent magnet associated with one of the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument and at least one counter-element made of magnetic material associated with the other one of the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument, the holding device holding and/or guiding the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument relative to one another, the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument forming a unit when not separated from each other which has a non-round cross-section along a longitudinal insertion section that is to be introduced into a body orifice, the permanent magnet and the at least one counter-element being displaceable relative to one another in a longitudinal direction of the unit for longitudinally displacing the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument relative to each other.
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22. A deformable endoscope comprising a closed fiberscope part housing a light/image transmission passage and a work channel, an additional instrument, the fiberscope part being separable from the additional instrument, a holding device including a permanent magnet and a counter-element made of magnetic material associated with the fiberscope part and the additional instrument, holding and/or guiding the fiberscope part and the additional instrument relative to one another, the fiberscope part and the additional instrument forming a unit when not separated from each other, the permanent magnet and the counter-element being displaceable relative to each other in a longitudinal direction of the unit for longitudinally displacing the fiberscope part and the additional instrument relative to each other.
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