JPH0779907A - Holder for endoscope - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a cart on which a holding apparatus for endoscope being capable of connecting detachably, wherein an endoscope unit being held in a holding apparatus removably for washing the unit in a holder. CONSTITUTION:A body 21 of a holding device 20 for endoscope is equipped with a supporting rod 22 at the top of which a holder 23 for a handling unit of endoscope being installed. A connector 13a for light source and a connector 13b for power source of a flexible light-guide tube 13 are fixated detachably by the 1st. holder 30 and the 2nd. holder 31 respectively. Extent of inserting part 14 of endoscope which is linked to a handling unit 12 is held by means of clamps 32a to 32c which are arranged on the surface of a body 21. In the body 21, a couple of hooks 34a are equipped, on the opposite side of the position of an endoscope 11, so as to hook-up a cart detachably with knobs located at the side of a top 2d and a shelf 2c of a cart body 2. A handle 36 is also installed at the top of a holder body.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a holder device for detachably mounting an endoscope, and more particularly to a light source device, a processor,
The present invention relates to an endoscope holder device that can be connected to a cart in which equipment such as a monitor device is installed and that can be immersed in a cleaning device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An endoscope is generally constructed by connecting a body operation portion with an insertion portion into a body cavity and a light guide flexible portion connected to a light source device or the like. The soft part and the light guide flexible part are made of a flexible material which is quite long. When the endoscope having such a structure is not used, the main body operation part is hung on a hanger, a hook or the like, and the insertion part and the light guide flexible part are suspended and stored. By the way, in an electronic endoscope, in addition to a light source device, a processor and a monitor device are required, and a hard copy device and other devices are also required. Therefore, in general, a cart as shown in FIG. Used to install these equipment in this cart.

That is, in the figure, 1 indicates a cart,
This cart 1 has a cart main body 2 having a plurality of shelves, and casters 3 are attached to the bottom surface of a bottom plate 2a of the cart main body 2. The cart body 2 includes, for example, a bottom plate 2
The aspirant storage container 4 and the like are installed on a, the hard copy device 5 is on the lower shelf 2b, and the upper shelf plate 2c is on the upper shelf 2c.
A control device 6 having a mechanism of a light source device and a processor is installed. The monitor device 7 is set on the top plate 2d. Further, the power cord 8 is pulled out from the rear plate 2e, and the rear plate 2e
A power connector (not shown) is provided on the surface of e and at an appropriate position on the top plate 2d.

A hook 9 for holding an endoscope 11 is attached to a corner of a top plate 2d of the cart 1 having the above structure. The hook 9 includes a holding portion 9a that holds the main body operating portion 12 of the endoscope 11 and a light guide flexible portion 13.
9 for guiding the guide so as to be separated from the insertion portion 14
b, and further, in the light guide flexible part 13, a branch part fixing tool 10 for detachably fixing the branch part 13c for branching to the light source connector 13a and the power supply connector 13b is provided at a corner of the shelf board 2b. It is provided. When the endoscope 11 is not used, it is set in a suspended state as shown in the figure. In addition, this endoscope 11
When using, the light source connector 13a and the power supply connector 13b are detached from the hook 9, the main body operation unit 12 is grasped, and the insertion unit 14 is inserted into the body cavity of the patient. After using one case, the endoscope 11 can be mounted so as to be suspended on the hook 9 again, and the cart 1 can be moved to a desired position.

[0005]

By the way, the endoscope is
Since the insertion part is directly inserted into the body cavity of the patient,
After use, the insertion part is soiled due to the attachment of dirt. After use, if you move the cart by suspending the soiled insertion part, the vibration of the cart may cause the insertion part to sway, and may come into contact with the cart itself, the equipment around it, etc. Not good for hygiene. Also, the endoscope needs to be cleaned each time it is used, but since the cleaning device is not usually installed in the examination room, it is once mounted on the cart and transported to the site where the cleaning device is installed. Then, it is necessary to take it out of this cart and set it in the cleaning device. Therefore, it is necessary to touch the dirty insertion portion at least twice, when mounting on a cart and when transferring to a cleaning device, which is uncomfortable for a person who performs the work, and this work is also performed. Therefore, the work itself is troublesome, for example, gloves must be worn, and it is not preferable in terms of hygiene.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is an endoscope that can be fixedly held in a cart and that can be washed as it is. It is to provide a holder device for a mirror.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention relates to an operating section for detachably holding a main body operating section of an endoscope on one side surface of a holder main body which is detachable from a cleaning device. A holder and a connector holder that detachably holds the connector portion provided at the tip of the flexible portion of the light guide are provided, and the insert portion is detachably fixed along the surface of the holder main body. The present invention is characterized in that a plurality of locking tools are provided at a plurality of places, and a holder body is provided with a connecting member that is detachably connected to a cart in which a light source device of an endoscope is installed.

[0008]

In the state where the connecting member of the holder is connected to the cart, the main body operating part, the connector part and the insertion part of the light guide flexible part are respectively attached to the operation part holder, the connector holder and the locking part provided on the holder body. Fix it. Here, the insertion portion is made of a flexible long member, and is designed to be drawn as compactly as possible, and is fixed with a locking tool so that the entire portion does not move. Similarly, it is preferable to fix the light guide soft part made of a flexible long member in the same manner as the insertion part, but if the connector part is fixed, other parts will be fixed too rigidly. You don't have to. When the cart is moved, the insertion part does not move unintentionally, so there is no risk of the dirty insertion part coming into contact with other members. Then, by separating the holder on which the endoscope is mounted from the cart and immersing the endoscope together with the holder in, for example, a cleaning tank that constitutes a cleaning device, the endoscope is directly transferred without being transferred. Can be washed in the state of. Thus, by providing the locking device or the like at an appropriate position, the flexible insertion portion and the light guide flexible portion can be freely routed, and the holder body can be made small and compact. Therefore, the entire endoscope can be sufficiently cleaned even with a small cleaning device. Then, after cleaning, the holder may be connected to the cart again.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 shows a state in which the holder is connected to the cart, FIG. 2 shows a state in which the holder is connected to the cart and an endoscope is mounted on this holder, and further, FIG. The respective states in which the cleaned endoscope is washed are shown.

Since the cart and the endoscope are substantially the same as those described in the prior art, the same members as those described above are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. Incidentally, in these drawings, the control device, the monitor device and other devices mounted on the cart are omitted.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an endoscope holder. The endoscope holder 20 has a holder body 21, and the holder body 21 is made of a substantially L-shaped plate body, and its protruding portion 21a.
A support rod 22 is erected on the shaft, and the support rod 22 is rotatable about an axis. An operation portion holder 23 is attached to the tip of the support rod 22. The operation section holder 23 is configured to hold the main body operation section 12 of the endoscope 11 with the insertion side 14 of the main body operation section 12 facing downward. Further, the light guide flexible portion 13 led out from the side portion of the main body operating portion 12 together with the operating portion holder 23.
A guide portion 25 is provided to guide the vehicle without difficulty.

The light guide flexible portion 13 is provided with a guide portion 25.
From the vertical direction to the horizontal direction by a direction-changing pin 26 protruding downward from the holder main body 21 and a base plate 27 is provided at the lower end. The branch portion 1 of the light guide flexible portion 13
3c is placed on this base plate 27. The light guide flexible portion 13 is bifurcated at the branch portion 13c and is directed upward by the pins 28 and 29. The light source connector 13a and the power connector 13b are respectively connected to the first connector holder 30 and the second connector holder 30. The connector holder 31 is detachably fixed.

On the other hand, the insertion portion 14 extending from the main body operating portion 12 is provided with three sets of locking tools 32a to 32c projecting from the surface of the holder main body 21 at the same height position and separated by a predetermined interval. And the second and third locks 32
A pin 33 for changing the direction of the insertion portion 14 is provided at an upper position between b and 32c. Therefore, the insertion portion 14 is fixed so as to meander in the vertical direction, and the movement thereof is restricted by the locking tool 32c particularly near the tip portion.

In addition, the endoscope 11 in the holder body 21
On the side opposite to the side where the is mounted, hook 3 up and down.
4a and 34b are provided as a pair, on the other hand, the side portions of the top plate 2d and the shelf plate 2c of the cart body 2 are engaged with the hooks 34a and 34b as shown in FIG. Protrusions 35a and 35b are formed. Further, a handle 36 is connected to the upper end surface of the holder body 21. Therefore, the grip 36 is gripped, and the hooks 34a and 34b are formed on the top plate 2d and the shelf plate 2c of the cart main body 2 and the engaging projection 35 is formed.
By engaging with a and 35b, the endoscope holder 2
0 can be connected / fixed to the cart 1, and as shown in FIG. 3, with the endoscope 11 mounted on the endoscope holder 20,
The cleaning device 40 can be immersed in the cleaning tank 40a in which the cleaning liquid is stored, and the cleaning can be performed as it is.

Here, an example of the operation portion holder 23, the first and second connector holders 30, 31, and the stoppers 32a to 32c will be shown below. Needless to say, the configuration of each of these parts is not limited to the following.

As shown in FIG. 4, the operating portion holder 23 is composed of a pair of spring plates 23a, 23a. The spring plates 23a, 23a have their intermediate portions close to each other and front and rear portions. Has a curved shape so as to be separated from the other party,
Its tip is wide enough to allow the main body operation unit 12 to pass therethrough. Therefore, the main body operating portion 12 is sandwiched between the intermediate portions of the pair of spring plates 23a, 23a.

The first and second connector holders 30,
Reference numeral 31 has the configuration shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. That is, as is apparent from the drawing, the base member 50 fixed to the holder main body 21 and the elastic bending member 51 connected to the base member 50 are provided, and both ends of the elastic bending member 51 are spring-shaped. Holding ring 53 via connecting pieces 52, 52
Are connected. The holding ring 53 is formed with a split, and a V-shaped cut portion 53a is formed at a position between the spring-like connecting pieces 52, 52, and the large arc portion 53b and the small arc portion are formed with the cut portion 53a as a boundary. It is divided into parts 53c. Then, as shown in FIG.
When the large circular arc portion 53b and the small circular arc portion 53c are joined together, the connector portion can be sandwiched. Further, when the connector portion is pulled out from this state, the large arc portion 53b and the small arc portion 53c of the holding ring 53 separate from each other, but at this time, the elastic bending member 51 bends and bends in the returning direction. As shown in FIG. 6, the large arc portion 53b and the small arc portion 53c are held in a stable state in the open state.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, each of the locking members 32a to 32c is composed of a pair of cylindrical holding finger pieces 32, 32. The holding finger pieces 32, 32 are made of an elastic member and are inserted. The portion 14 is fixed so as to be sandwiched between the holding finger pieces 32, 32. Then, in order to keep the insertion portion 14 in non-contact with the holder body 21 when the insertion portion 14 is sandwiched between the holding finger pieces 32, 32,
The holding finger pieces 32, 32 have a large diameter on the side where they are attached to the holder body 21.

The present embodiment is constructed as described above, and as shown in FIG.
34b is an engaging projection 35a, 3 formed on the cart 1.
The holder 20 is kept connected to the cart 1 by engaging with the cart 5b. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, in order to mount the endoscope 11 on the holder 20, first, the main body operation part 12 is fixed by being sandwiched between the operation part holders 23. Next, the light guide flexible part 13
Is directed downward from the guide portion 24 by the pin 25, the branch portion 13c is placed on the base plate 27, and the portion of the light source connector 13a is directed upward by the pin 28, and the first connector It is fixed to the holder 30, and the electric connector 13b is turned upward by the pin 29,
It is fixed to the second connector holder 31. As a result, the entire light guide flexible portion 13 is fixed to the holder body 21 of the holder 20.

The insertion portion 14 held downward by the main body operating portion 12 held by the operating portion holder 23 is locked by a locking tool 32a composed of a pair of gripping finger pieces, and is moved upward from the middle. By changing the direction, the locking member 32b is locked, and the pin 34 is further changed in the downward direction so that the tip portion is sandwiched by the locking member 32c. Thereby, the insertion portion 14 is fixedly held on the surface of the holder body 21. By stretching the light guide flexible portion 13 and the insertion portion 14 which are both long members as described above, the light guide flexible portion 13 and the insertion portion 14 can be compactly accommodated in a small space. Aside from the light guide flexible part 13, the endoscope 11 is inserted into the body cavity, and the contaminated insertion part 14 can be fixed only by performing a simple work of sandwiching it in the locking tools 32a to 32c. The fixing work of the insertion portion 14 can be performed easily and quickly.

After the endoscope 11 is used, the cart 1 is moved to the position where the cleaning device 40 is installed while being mounted on the holder 20 as described above. Since the light guide soft part 13 and the insertion part 14 made of members are fixed, even if the holder 20 vibrates while the cart 1 is moved, the light guide soft part 13 is moved.
Also, there is no possibility that the insertion section 14, particularly the insertion section 14 that has been soiled by being inserted into the body cavity of the patient swings and comes into contact with other members.

In cleaning the endoscope 11, the holder 20 on which the endoscope 11 is mounted is taken out from the cart 1. The holder 20 can be easily taken out by grasping the handle 36 and lifting it up. And this holder 20
The endoscope 11 can be cleaned by directly immersing it in the cleaning tank 40a of the cleaning device 40. Here, since the light guide flexible part 13 and the insertion part 14 are drawn around in a compact manner, the holder main body 21 of the holder 20 can be downsized, and the endoscope 11 using the small cleaning tank 40a.
Can be washed.

[0023]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention is configured as described above, when the endoscope is held in the cart, it is a long and flexible member, particularly, an insertion that is soiled by being inserted into a body cavity. The holder can be stably held in the holder, and there is no risk that the insertion part will come into contact with other members when moving the cart, and the holder is separated from the cart when cleaning the endoscope after use. Then, it is only necessary to immerse it in a washing tank or the like as it is, and since it is not necessary to transfer the endoscope at the time of washing, the washing operation can be easily performed, and various effects such as favorable hygiene can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a state in which a holder is connected to a cart.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1 showing a state in which a holder is connected to a cart and an endoscope is mounted on the holder.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the endoscope mounted on the holder is washed.

FIG. 4 is an external view of an operation unit holder.

FIG. 5 is an external view of a connector holder.

FIG. 6 is an external view of the connector holder showing an operating state different from that of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a structural explanatory view of a locking tool.

FIG. 8 is an external view showing a configuration of a holder device for an endoscope according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 cart 11 endoscope 12 main body operation part 13 light guide flexible part 13a light source connector 13b power supply connector 14 insertion part 20 holder 21 holder main body 23 operation part holder 27 base plate 30 first connector holder 31 second connector holder Tool 32 Holding finger piece 32a, 32b, 32c Locking tool 34a, 34b Hook 35a, 35b Engagement protrusion 36 Handle 40 Cleaning device 40a Cleaning tank

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An operation part holder for detachably holding an operation part of the endoscope main body and a connector part provided at the tip of the light guide flexible part are attached to and detached from one side of a holder main body that is attachable to and detachable from the cleaning device. In addition to providing a connector holding tool for holding the insertion portion, a plurality of locking tools for detachably fixing the insertion portion in a state of being drawn along the surface of the holder body are provided. A holder device for an endoscope, characterized in that a connecting member is detachably connected to an installed cart.