JP3006674U - Endoscope - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When endoscopic surfaces used by dentists, etc. are easily illuminated for easy examination and treatment, and when a large number of people are examined one after another, such as school doctors and business doctors, (EN) Provided is an endoscope which can be used by exchanging the endoscope discontinuously without performing diagnosis and treatment while disinfecting the endoscope when blood adheres during treatment. [Structure] An endoscope in which the lens barrel of the endoscope is a photoconductor,
By inserting and fixing it in a battery case that contains a battery and a light bulb, you can perform medical examination and treatment while illuminating the light emitted from the light bulb from the end face of the endoscope to the vicinity of the mirror surface for medical examination and treatment. The structure that can be removed, used up, and replaced for medical examination and treatment, and the used endoscope after use is put in the frame of the device, and it can be reused by disinfecting, washing, and drying it in advance. Made possible Therefore, the endoscope barrel has a simple structure and a structure capable of being inexpensively supplied because many endoscope barrels are prepared and placed before the medical examination.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an endoscope used by a dentist or the like.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, an endoscope used by a dentist or the like usually has a structure shown in FIG. 4, where (A) is a front view and (B) is a side view. A circular mirror 21 was attached to one end at a predetermined angle, and was suitable for examination and treatment of a portion such as the back side of teeth in the mouth that cannot be seen directly.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 Conventional endoscopes are difficult to see because the illumination is not appropriate depending on the patient's examination and treatment posture, such as the patient sitting on a chair or lying on his back in the examination chair. Also, when an endoscope is used for patient treatment, etc., each patient had to be immersed and washed in a disinfectant solution for a short time and then repeatedly used, but due to the increase in infectious diseases caused by blood in recent years, In the conventional immersion disinfection method, there is a case where the endoscope is brought into direct contact with the affected area where blood is extracted due to tooth extraction, plaque removal, etc. due to medical treatment, and sufficient disinfection and cleaning have been required. The endoscope of the present invention has a function of illuminating the vicinity of the endoscope surface, and the endoscope barrel and the battery case for illumination can be easily removed, so that the endoscope barrel used for medical examination and treatment in the patient's mouth is The endoscope can be used properly, and after use, the endoscope is a disinfecting frame according to another device, which is used to thoroughly disinfect, wash, and dry the endoscope in advance. The structure is such that a large amount can be supplied at low cost.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The endoscope of the present invention has a structure in which a photoconductor is embedded in the body of the endoscope to provide an integrated structure, and further, a battery case is provided in which the battery and the light bulb are integrally housed, and the body of the endoscope is inserted into the battery case. It was fixed and the bulb lighting in the battery case was irradiated to the vicinity of the endoscope surface through the photoconductor embedded in the body of the endoscope to facilitate diagnosis and treatment. After the treatment, only the endoscope barrel is removed from the battery case, and the endoscope barrel can be replaced for each patient so that the endoscope barrel can be used up and used, and it is possible to perform prompt medical examinations. It's a mirror. In addition, a large number of disposable endoscopes will be lined up and stored in the frame body, and together with the frame body will be thoroughly disinfected, and an endoscope disinfection box for the next examination will be devised and provided at the same time.

[0005]

[Action]

 This is an endoscope that uses a photoconductor embedded in the endoscope barrel to turn the light bulb illumination inside the battery case into the illumination of the affected area to be examined.The endoscope barrel used for each patient is the battery case. The endoscope that can be completely removed and used more thoroughly to prevent infections due to blood between patients can be completely used. Together with this, sufficient disinfection, cleaning, and drying can be performed in advance. The endoscope barrel has a simple structure, for example, the number of patients used for one day is supplied at a price range that can be prepared in advance. It was supposed to be possible.

[0006]

【Example】

 The endoscope of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an endoscope of the present invention, (A) is a front view and (B) is a side view. FIG. 2 is a view showing a state in which the endoscope body portion and the battery case of the present invention are removed, where (A) is the endoscope body portion and (B) is the battery case. FIG. 3 shows a frame for disinfecting, cleaning, and drying a large number of endoscopes of the present invention at the same time. (A) is a perspective view of the frame body, (B) is a state where the frames are stacked in two stages. A cross-sectional view is shown. First, in FIGS. 1 and 2, a circular mirror surface 2 is formed at one end of the endoscope barrel 1 so as to be integrated with the endoscope barrel 1 at a predetermined angle θ. A photoconductor 3 is embedded inside the endoscope barrel 1, one end of the photoconductor 3 is exposed at a position 4 for illuminating the mirror surface 2, and the other end of the photoconductor 3 is exposed. Are exposed on the end surface 5 of the endoscope barrel 1. On the other hand, the battery case 6 has a battery 7 and a light bulb 8 built-in, and the front side of the light bulb 8 has a cylindrical portion 11 into which the endoscope body 1 described above can be inserted and removed, and a hole 9 I have it. In the embodiment, the battery 7 is a AAA dry battery. A button 10 is provided on the battery case 6 as a mechanism for removing the endoscope barrel 1. The light bulb 8 is naturally equipped with a switch that can be turned on and off, but it is omitted in the drawing. The endoscope of the present invention has the structure as described above. For diagnosis and treatment by the endoscope, the endoscope barrel 1 is inserted and fixed in the battery case 6 and integrated as shown in FIG. The structure is such that the illumination light is transmitted from the end face 5 of the endoscope barrel to the inside of the photoconductor 3 in the endoscope barrel 1 by the illumination of the light bulb 8 and the vicinity of the mirror face 2 is illuminated from the position 4 where the illumination light is illuminated. To facilitate diagnosis and treatment. Further, when the patient is to be examined instead, the endoscope body 1 is detached from the battery case 6 with the button 10 to be used up, and another endoscope body 1 of the present invention that has been prepared for disinfection is used. The battery case 6 is used by loading it into the hole 9 of the tubular portion 11. Of course, it is also possible to use only the endoscope barrel 1 of the present invention for diagnosis without using the battery case 6. In the specific example, the endoscope barrel 1 and the battery case 6 are all made of resin, but the same effect can be obtained by using light metals. The photoconductor 3 is also made of acrylic resin in the embodiment, but the same effect can be naturally obtained by embedding the glass fiber. Further, it is structurally possible to construct the endoscope barrel 1 itself by acrylic resin molding without embedding the photoconductor 3 in the endoscope barrel 1. Also, as a means for illuminating the mirror surface 2, a light bulb 8 may be arranged at a position 4 for illumination, and an electric connection line may be embedded in the endoscope barrel 1 so as to be easily developed from the present invention. Further, in the embodiment, the glass material of the mirror surface 2 is a normal glass mirror, but the same mirror effect can be obtained even if a resin plate is subjected to aluminum vapor deposition processing or a metal plate is plated with chrome. It is possible to obtain a mirror surface and to make the mirror surface more convex and concave. As described above, the endoscope of the present invention requires a large number of endoscopes to be prepared and placed in advance so that the endoscope can be used up and down. Therefore, the structure is simple and inexpensive. It is provided as a valuable diagnostic aid. Furthermore, another invention is an endoscope disinfection in which the endoscope body 1 after the medical examination, which has been used up, is arranged in a frame body and a number of endoscopes can be disinfected, washed and dried together with the frame body. The box will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 (A) is a perspective view of the endoscope disinfecting box, and FIG. 3 (B) is a cross-sectional view in which the box is stacked in two stages. The frame 12 shown in FIG. 3 is provided with shelves 14 and 15 each having a concave portion 13, and is also provided with a pin 16 and a hole 17 that allow the frame 12 to be aligned and stacked. When the endoscope barrel 1 used for medical examination or treatment is used up, it should be lined up in the concave portion 13 of the frame body 12, and when it is full, another frame body 12 of the same shape is inserted one after another, and the pin 16 is inserted into the hole 17. Then, the plurality of endoscope barrels 1 are sequentially housed in the frame body 12 while being piled up together. After that, a large number of endoscopes 1 are housed, and a plurality of stacked frame bodies 12 are thoroughly sterilized in advance by detoxification, washing, and drying methods under predetermined conditions, and the next examination is performed. At times, while taking out the endoscope from the frame body 12, it is possible to perform a use-up examination of the endoscope.

[0007]

[Effect of device]

 When the endoscope of the present invention is used by inserting it into a battery case, it can be easily examined by lighting, and after the examination, the endoscope body is removed from the battery case and used up. It uses a new endoscope that has been sufficiently disinfected, and the endoscope that is used also provides a frame that can be put together in advance and thoroughly disinfected, washed, and dried. In order to eliminate all anxieties, to use it up and down, to perform a medical examination with a large number of endoscopes, the endoscope structure was designed to be simple, inexpensive, and large in volume, and hygienic. It is a useful diagnostic aid. As an application, it is effective when used in group medical examinations of schools, companies, groups, etc., and in general hospitals with a large number of patients. Also, on the patient's side, there is no fear of oral infection among patients, and a reliable and reliable treatment can be received.

[Brief description of drawings]

1A and 1B show a structure in which an endoscope of the present invention and a battery case are integrated and put into a used state.

2A and 2B show a state in which an endoscope body portion and a battery case are separated from each other, FIG. 2A shows an endoscope portion, and FIG. 2B shows a battery case.

FIG. 3A is a perspective view of an endoscope disinfection box, and FIG.
Shows a cross-sectional view of a state in which endoscope disinfection boxes are stacked in two stages.

FIG. 4 illustrates a conventional endoscope.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Endoscope body 2 Mirror surface 3 Photoconductor 6 Battery case 7 Battery 8 Light bulb 9 hole 10 Button 11 Tube part 12 Frame body 13 Recesses 14 and 15 Shelf 16 pin 17 hole

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An endoscope having a structure in which a photoconductor is embedded in an endoscope barrel and an illumination source from the end face of the endoscope barrel is illuminated through the conductor near the endoscope surface. 2. A battery and a light bulb are mounted in a case having a structure in which the endoscope barrel can be inserted and removed, and the irradiation light of the bulb is attached to the end face of the endoscope barrel. A battery case for endoscopic illumination intended to illuminate the endoscopic surface by irradiating the photoconductor and guiding it to the vicinity of the endoscopic surface through the photoconductor inside the endoscope barrel. 3. A frame body capable of being aligned and stacked is provided with a shelf having a plurality of concave portions, and the endoscope barrels are arranged in the concave portions to simultaneously disinfect a plurality of endoscopes arranged together with the frame body. An endoscope disinfection box that can be washed and dried.