AU3616699A - Suction means for propelling an endoscope - Google Patents

Suction means for propelling an endoscope

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AU3616699A
AU3616699A AU36166/99A AU3616699A AU3616699A AU 3616699 A AU3616699 A AU 3616699A AU 36166/99 A AU36166/99 A AU 36166/99A AU 3616699 A AU3616699 A AU 3616699A AU 3616699 A AU3616699 A AU 3616699A
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propelling
endoscope
suction means
suction
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AU36166/99A
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Feng Gong
Timothy Noel Mills
Charles Alexander Mosse
Christopher Paul Swain
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University College London
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University College London
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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
    • A61B1/005—Flexible endoscopes
    • A61B1/0051—Flexible endoscopes with controlled bending of insertion part
    • A61B1/0057—Constructional details of force transmission elements, e.g. control wires
    • 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
AU36166/99A 1998-04-21 1999-04-21 Suction means for propelling an endoscope Abandoned AU3616699A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9808426A GB9808426D0 (en) 1998-04-21 1998-04-21 Device with means for propelling it along a passage
GB9808426 1998-04-21
PCT/GB1999/001207 WO1999053827A1 (en) 1998-04-21 1999-04-21 Suction means for propelling an endoscope

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AU3616699A true AU3616699A (en) 1999-11-08

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GB (1) GB9808426D0 (en)
WO (1) WO1999053827A1 (en)

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MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase