JPWO2021053181A5

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Info

Publication number: JPWO2021053181A5
Application number: JP2022518402A
Authority: JP
Publication date: 2023-09-22

Claims

An endoscope for use in intubation,
comprising a housing, a display device having a display screen, and an operating member extending from the housing,
the operating member is inserted into a patient's airway and configured to transmit an image to a display screen;
The housing includes an actuator coupled to the operating member and a retainer coupled to the display screen,
the housing has at least a handle portion including the actuator;
the actuator is rotatable by a user with one hand relative to the retainer such that the operating member is rotatable relative to the display screen;
An endoscope, wherein the actuator and the retainer are rotatable relative to each other about the longitudinal axis of the operating member and/or about the longitudinal axis of the handle portion.

The actuator and the retainer are engageable by a first part and a second part of an operator's body, and the first part and second part of the operator's body are movable relative to each other. The endoscope according to claim 1, wherein the endoscope is arranged in a.

A first part of the operator's body is a part of the operator's first hand and associated fingers, and a second part of the operator's body is a different part of the first hand and the associated fingers. 3. An endoscope according to claim 2, which is an associated finger.

the actuator is arranged to be engageable by at least one finger of the operator;
the retainer is arranged to be engageable by at least one different finger of the operator, and the operator can rotate the actuator and the retainer relative to each other by relative movement of those fingers; The endoscope according to claim 3.

The endoscope according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the handle portion includes the actuator and the retainer.

An endoscope according to any preceding claim, wherein the actuator and the retainer are rotatable relative to each other about the longitudinal axis of the operating member.

An endoscope according to any preceding claim, wherein the actuator and the retainer are rotatable relative to each other about a longitudinal axis of the handle portion.

An endoscope according to any preceding claim, wherein the operating member extends from the housing substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion.

the actuator is formed by a head fixed to the handle;
The endoscope according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the head portion is arranged at an end of the housing opposite to an end from which the operating member extends.

The endoscope according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the actuator includes a first actuator member that controls rotation of the operating member with respect to the handle portion.

11. The endoscope of claim 10, wherein the first actuator member comprises a wheel rotatable within the actuator.

12. The endoscope of claim 11, wherein the wheel is positioned within a slot of the actuator.

13. An endoscope according to claim 11 or claim 12, wherein the wheel is mechanically connected to the operating member such that rotation of the wheel initiates rotation of the operating member.

the wheel is rotatable in a first direction to rotate the operating member in a first direction relative to the handle portion;
An endoscope according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the wheel is rotatable in a second direction to rotate the operating member in a second direction relative to the handle portion.

The actuator is a head portion disposed at an end opposite to the handle portion with respect to an end from which the operating member extends;
5. The endoscope of claim 4, wherein the retainer is a remainder of the handle, and the head and the remainder of the handle are rotatable relative to each other.

16. The display screen according to claim 1, wherein the display screen is spatially separated from the handle portion, and a user's wrist is positionable between the display screen and the end of the housing from which the operating member extends. The endoscope according to any one of the items.

An endoscope according to any preceding claim, wherein the housing includes an arm extending between the handle and the display screen device.

A method for manufacturing an endoscope according to any one of claims 1 to 17 , comprising:
(i) providing a housing, a display having a display screen, and an operating member extending from the housing, the operating member being inserted into the patient's airway and configured to transmit images to the display screen; configured, the housing comprising an actuator coupled to an operating member and a retainer coupled to a display screen;
(ii) arranging the housing to have a handle portion including at least an actuator, the actuating member being rotatable by a user with one hand relative to the retainer, the operating member being mounted on a display screen; a step of being rotatable relative to the
including methods.

An endoscope for use in intubation,
The endoscope includes a housing including a handle portion and a display screen portion,
The display screen section has a display screen and an operation member extending from the housing,
the operating member is configured to be inserted into a patient's airway and transmit an image to the display screen;
an arm extending between the handle portion of the housing and the display screen portion of the housing such that the display screen is spatially separated from the handle portion;
Endoscope.

The endoscope according to claim 19 , wherein the arm portion extends from an end of the handle portion from which the operating member extends.

The endoscope according to claim 19 or claim 20 , wherein the arm portion is arranged so as to come into contact with the inside of the operator's wrist.

An endoscope according to any one of claims 19 to 21, wherein the arm extends perpendicularly from the handle.

An endoscope according to any one of claims 19 to 22, wherein the handle portion of the housing and the arm portion of the housing form an L-shaped endoscope body.

The endoscope according to any one of claims 19 to 23, wherein the display screen is located on the opposite side of the arm portion with respect to the handle portion.

25. An endoscope according to any one of 19 to 24, wherein the operating member extends from the housing parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion.

The endoscope according to any one of claims 19 to 25, wherein the operating member extends from the housing in a direction perpendicular to the arm portion of the housing.

The endoscope according to any one of claims 19 to 26, wherein the central viewing axis of the display screen is obliquely angled with respect to the longitudinal axis of the arm.

28. The endoscope of claim 27, wherein the central viewing axis of the display screen is angled upwardly toward the user's eyes in use.

An endoscope according to any one of claims 19 to 28, wherein the central viewing axis of the display screen is obliquely angled with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the handle portion.

The endoscope according to claim 29, wherein an upper edge of the display screen is sloped toward the handle portion.

31. An endoscope according to claim 29 or claim 30, wherein the display screen portion of the housing is tilted upwardly with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the handle portion of the housing.

A method for manufacturing an endoscope according to any one of claims 19 to 31, comprising:
The method includes:
(i) providing a housing including a handle portion and a display screen portion, the display screen portion having a display screen;
(ii) providing a control member extending from the housing, the control member being inserted into a patient's airway and configured to transmit an image to the display screen;
(iii) providing an arm portion extending between the handle portion of the housing and the display screen portion of the housing such that the display screen is spatially separated from the handle portion;
Methods that include.

The display screen according to any one of claims 1 to 17 or 19 to 31, wherein the display screen is housed in a display screen part of the housing that is integrally formed with at least the handle part of the housing. Endoscope.

34. The endoscope of claim 33 , wherein the housing of the endoscope includes at least one housing component defining a portion of a handle housing portion and a display screen housing portion.

35. The endoscope according to any one of claims 1-17, 19-31, 33, or 34, wherein the endoscope comprises a single-use disposable device provided in a single sterile package. endoscope.