AU2001244486A1 - An insertion device for an endoscope - Google Patents

An insertion device for an endoscope

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AU2001244486A1
AU2001244486A1 AU2001244486A AU4448601A AU2001244486A1 AU 2001244486 A1 AU2001244486 A1 AU 2001244486A1 AU 2001244486 A AU2001244486 A AU 2001244486A AU 4448601 A AU4448601 A AU 4448601A AU 2001244486 A1 AU2001244486 A1 AU 2001244486A1
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endoscope
insertion device
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AU2001244486A
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Frank Bonadio
Edmund Brennan
Declan Buckley
John Butler
Aoibheann Gill
Alan Reid
Derek William Young
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Atropos Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/00147—Holding or positioning arrangements
    • A61B1/00151—Holding or positioning arrangements using everted tubes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/00131—Accessories for endoscopes
    • A61B1/00135—Oversleeves mounted on the endoscope prior to insertion
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/12—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor with cooling or rinsing arrangements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/31—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor for the rectum, e.g. proctoscopes, sigmoidoscopes, colonoscopes
AU2001244486A 2000-03-23 2001-03-23 An insertion device for an endoscope Abandoned AU2001244486A1 (en)

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IE20000225 2000-03-23
IE2000/0225 2000-03-23
IE2000/0559 2000-07-11
IE20000559 2000-07-11
PCT/IE2001/000038 WO2001070096A1 (en) 2000-03-23 2001-03-23 An insertion device for an endoscope

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EP (2) EP1267702A1 (en)
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WO (2) WO2001070096A1 (en)

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