Insertion body, insertion apparatus, rotation unit and rotative force transmission unit

• US 9,677,599 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2014
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Naito, Kimihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Kasztejna, Matthew J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fairchild, Aaron B
• Application Number:
  US14/230,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20140296771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• Field of Search: 600114, 600137, 600153, 74507, 433112, 606139, 606142, 606151, 606153, 606219, 604 9501
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00133 Drive units for endoscopic tools inserted through or with the endoscope
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00135 Oversleeves mounted on the endoscope prior to insertion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00148 using anchoring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00156 using self propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0016 using motor drive units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/018 for receiving instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/121 provided with means for cleaning post-use
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1631 Special drive shafts, e.g. flexible shafts A61B17/1642, A61B17/164 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/01 Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters A61M25/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 1/06 with guiding sheathing, tube or box F16C1/04 takes precedence; guiding sheathings F16C1/26
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 1/08 End connections
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 23/2476 Non-optical details, e.g. housings, mountings, supports

Abstract

An insertion body includes: a base arranged in the central axis; a rotating body provided on an outer periphery of the base and rotatable around the central axis; and a channel which includes a guide provided at the base such that the rotative force transmitting section is able to be guided between a first position in which the rotative force transmitting section in the longitudinal axis can be inclined from the central axis when the rotative force transmission unit is inserted from the outside to the inside and a second position in which the rotative force transmitting section in the longitudinal axis is parallel to the central axis and a rotative force can be transmitted to the rotating body from the rotative force transmitting section, and through which the rotative force transmission unit is inserted through the opening end and the guide.

Claims

1. Endoscopic insertion device for inserting into a body lumen, the insertion body comprising:

a base having a distal portion, a proximal portion, a hollow space and an opening which communicates with the hollow space;

a tube having a channel configured to receive a drive shaft, wherein a distal portion of the tube is connected to the base so as to communicate with the opening;

a guide rotatably attached to the base about a pivot axis perpendicular to a central axis of the base, the central axis extending from the distal portion of the base to the proximal portion of the base, the guide being configured to hold a distal portion of the drive shaft inserted into the channel, the guide being rotatable about the pivot axis between a first position arranging the distal portion of the drive shaft in the hollow space and a second position arranging the distal portion of the drive shaft outside the hollow space; and

an annular rotating body configured to rotate around the central axis in response to receiving rotation from the drive shaft when the drive shaft is supported by the guide arranged in the first position,

wherein the guide inclines a longitudinal axis of the distal portion of the drive shaft with respect to the central axis of the base when the guide is in the second position.

2. The endoscopic insertion device according to claim 1, wherein, when the guide is arranged in the first position, the distal end of the drive shaft is arranged distally to the guide in a direction of the central axis.

3. The endoscopic insertion device according to claim 1, wherein the guide includes a pivot shaft on the pivot axis provided on the base, a swing member which is configured to swing around the pivot shaft, and a support portion provided on the swing member and configured to hold the distal portion of the drive shaft, and

the longitudinal axis of the support portion of the guide is inclined from the central axis of the base when the guide is in the second position.

4. The endoscopic insertion device according to claim 3, wherein the support portion supports the drive shaft such that the distal portion of the drive shaft is rotatable around the longitudinal axis parallel to the central axis when the guide is in the first position.

5. The endoscopic insertion device according to claim 1, wherein the channel includes a restricting member configured to restrict a proximal movement of the drive shaft in a direction of the longitudinal axis.

6. The endoscopic insertion device according to claim 5, wherein the restricting member includes a ring-shaped member which permits rotation of the drive shaft around the longitudinal axis and prevents movement of the drive shaft in the direction of the longitudinal axis.

7. The endoscopic insertion device according to claim 1, wherein the opening is open into an outside of the base.

8. An endoscopic insertion apparatus comprising:

the endoscopic insertion device according to claim 1; and

the drive shaft, the drive shaft being configured to be inserted from an outside to an inside of the insertion body and removed from the inside to the outside of the insertion body, the drive shaft including a rotative force transmitting section at a distal end of the drive shaft, the rotative force transmitting section being capable of transmitting a rotative force to the annular rotating body.

9. The insertion apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the rotative force transmitting section includes an outer peripheral gear portion on an outer periphery of the drive shaft, and

the annular rotating body includes an inner peripheral gear portion to which a rotative force from the outer peripheral gear portion is transmitted, on an inner periphery of the annular rotating body.

10. The insertion apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a restricting member configured to restrict movement of the rotative force transmitting section towards a proximal side of the channel, the restricting member being provided on at least one of the drive shaft and the channel.

11. The insertion apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the drive shaft is able to be inserted through the channel to transmit the driving force from the proximal side to a distal side of the channel and to transmit the driving force to the rotative force transmitting section, and

the restricting member of the channel includes a ring-shaped member which permits rotation of the drive shaft and prevents movement of the drive shaft in a direction of the central axis.

12. The insertion apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

a proximal end of the rotative force transmitting section has an outer diameter greater than the maximum outer diameter of the drive shaft,

the restricting member of the channel is in the guide, and

the restricting member of the guide has an internal diameter equal to or greater than the maximum outer diameter of the drive shaft and an internal diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the proximal end of the rotative force transmitting section.

13. The insertion apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a driving source which is able to be attached to and detached from a proximal portion of the tube to rotate the drive shaft.

14. The endoscopic insertion device according to claim 1, further comprising a rotation unit being rotatable according to rotation of the annular rotating body, the rotation unit being movable along the central axis with respect to the base between a position which is separated from the guide when the guide is in the second position, and a position which covers the guide when the guide is in the first position.

15. The endoscopic insertion device according to claim 14, wherein the rotation unit includes a spiral projection arranged on an exterior surface of the rotation unit.

16. The endoscopic insertion device according to claim 1, further comprising a bending portion which is bent, wherein the base, the annular rotating body and the channel are provided on a proximal side of a proximal end of the bending portion the direction of the central axis.

17. The endoscopic insertion device according to claim 1, wherein:

the annular rotating body is provided on an outer periphery of the base to be movable in a central axis direction of the base between a distal position and a proximal position,

the annular rotating body is in the distal position when the drive shaft is supported by the guide in the second position; and

the annular rotation body is configured to rotate around the central axis in response to receiving rotation from the drive shaft when the drive shaft is supported by the guide in the first position, the guide is in the first position, and the annular rotating body is in the proximal position.