KR100764896B1 - Gastrointestinal Endoscope System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an endoscope system, while inserting a thermal probe for a thermal treatment inside an endoscope of a flexible material having flexibility, it is made to emit a laser light source of a predetermined temperature by receiving a laser beam applied from the outside By lowering the activity of the cells by heating the desired part of the body or the gastrointestinal wall, cancer tissue, etc. to the required temperature, it can destroy the tissues and cells harmful to the body, and the precise heating is applied to the area to be treated. It is possible to provide a thermal probe for gastrointestinal endoscopy, which is possible, has no side effects, improves the therapeutic effect, and prevents safety accidents such as burns that may be caused by applying heat directly to the skin for thermal treatment. The technical configuration is that a lighting device and a camera are defined at their ends. It is provided to be exposed to the minute, the endoscope insertion portion of a flexible material having flexibility, the endoscope body connected to its place to control the endoscope insertion portion, the cable connected to one side of the endoscope body and the end of the cable In the endoscope system comprising a connector provided, it is provided to expose a predetermined portion at the end of the endoscope insertion portion, characterized in that it comprises a thermal probe for dissipating heat of a predetermined temperature.

Endoscope, Gastrointestinal tract, Heat, Probe, Laser, Fiber, Female Connector, Male Connector

Description

Gastrointestinal Endoscope System

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an endoscope system according to the prior art,

Figure 2 schematically shows a thermal probe for the treatment of gastrointestinal endoscopy according to the present invention,

3 is a view schematically showing the endoscope insertion portion of the thermal probe for treating the gastrointestinal endoscope according to the present invention,

4 is a view schematically showing a thermal probe of the thermal probe for treating gastrointestinal endoscopy according to the present invention,

5 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the coupling structure of the thermal probe and the endoscope insertion portion of the thermal probe for gastrointestinal endoscopy according to the present invention,

Figure 6 schematically shows another embodiment of a thermal probe for the treatment of gastrointestinal endoscopy according to the present invention.

** Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawing **

1: gastrointestinal endoscope system, 10: endoscope insertion,

11: light source device, 13: camera,

15: coupling hole, 17: male connector,

30: thermal probe, 31: optical fiber,

37: female connector, 50: endoscope body,

70: cable,

90 connector.

The present invention relates to a thermal probe for the treatment of gastrointestinal endoscopy, and more particularly, to insert a thermal probe for thermal therapy inside an endoscope of a flexible material having flexibility, and to receive a predetermined temperature by receiving a laser beam applied from the outside. It is made to emit a laser light source of the body by heating the desired part inside the body or the gastrointestinal wall, cancer tissue, etc. to the temperature required to reduce the activity of the cells, thereby destroying tissues and cells harmful to the body, The present invention relates to a thermal probe for treating gastrointestinal endoscopy capable of precise heating at a site to be treated.

Typically, the endoscope system is a medical device for the surgeon to determine the condition of the affected area or to diagnose or diagnose the condition of the body, including an image processing device for monitoring the condition of the affected area.

On the other hand, the conventional medical endoscope system is to transmit the light generated through the halogen lamp to the medical endoscope scope to examine the body cavity and skin, and selectively connect the camera to monitor the image inside the body monitor, computer, etc. It is made to be observed through.

This conventional endoscope system, as shown in Figure 1, is inserted into the body of the patient endoscope 110 of a flexible material having a flexible material to obtain an image related to the patient, and supplies a light source to the endoscope Endoscope light source device 120 for brightening the affected area, a camera 130 for converting the image of the affected part photographed from the endoscope 110 into an electrical video signal, and an image signal output from the camera 130 And a monitor 140 for displaying an electrical image signal, the video recorder (VTR) 150 for storing the image signal, a printer 160 for outputting the image signal, and an output from the endoscope 110. It includes a still camera 170 for storing the image to the film.

Here, the endoscope light source device 120 and the camera 130 is inserted into the endoscope of the flexible material having flexibility, provided at one end of the endoscope is inserted into the patient's body, thereby causing the affected part of the patient It irradiates light and photographs an image.

Endoscope system having the configuration as described above is inserted into the patient's body at the end of the examination when the endoscope is located in the affected area and then the endoscope light source device 120 is output by the light source supplied through the optical cable inserted into the endoscope The light is irradiated to the affected part to brighten the affected part, which is embedded in the endoscope, but the image of the affected part is taken by the camera 130 having a series of lens groups (not shown).

On the other hand, the image of the affected part photographed through the camera 130 is converted into an electrical image signal is output to the monitor 140, when the doctor sees the affected state of the patient visually, or identify the patient.

Here, the video recorder 150 and the printer 160 are connected to the monitor 140 to store or print the image of the affected part.

On the other hand, in order to treat cancer tissues and the like in the affected areas inside the body, heat treatment is applied. In other words, the heat treatment is applied because cancer tissues present in the affected areas inside the body are sensitive to heat such that the activity of cells decreases when the temperature increases.

The thermal treatment for treating cancer tissues, etc., is currently performed by applying a functional polymer medicine, that is, a medicine made of a polymer material activated at a specific temperature to a patient, and then directly applying heat to the affected part from the outside of the patient. The heat treatment method has a problem such as causing a burn on the skin by applying a high temperature heat to the outside of the body where the affected part is located in order to heat and maintain the affected part inside the body at a predetermined temperature.

In addition, since the heat is applied to the part where the affected part is located outside the body in order to heat the affected part inside the body, it is difficult to precisely heat the affected part, which causes a side effect such that the treatment effect is significantly lowered. .

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, while inserting a thermal probe for the thermal treatment inside the endoscope of the flexible material having flexibility, the laser light source of a predetermined temperature by receiving a laser beam applied from the outside It is made so as to dissipate the desired part inside the body or the gastrointestinal wall, cancer tissue, etc. to the temperature required to reduce the activity of the cells, thereby destroying the tissues and cells harmful to the body, and to treat Gastrointestinal endoscopy treatment that enables accurate heating of the site, has no side effects, improves the therapeutic effect, and prevents safety accidents such as burns caused by direct heat to the skin for heat treatment. An object of the present invention is to provide a thermal probe for heat.

In order to achieve the object as described above, the present invention, the light source device and the camera is provided to expose a predetermined portion at its ends, the endoscope insertion portion of a flexible material having flexibility, and the place to control the endoscope insertion portion In the gastrointestinal endoscopy system comprising an endoscope body connected to the end, a cable connected to one side of the endoscope body and a connector provided at the end of the cable, provided at the end of the endoscope insertion portion to be exposed to a predetermined portion, Characterized in that it comprises a thermal probe for dissipating the heat.

Preferably, a coupling hole is formed at an end portion of the endoscope insertion portion, and the thermal probe is detachably coupled.

Here, a female connector is provided at an end of the thermal probe, and a male connector is provided at an inner end of a coupling hole of the endoscope insertion unit, and the male connector is inserted into the endoscope insertion unit to transfer an applied laser beam. Electrically connected to the cable, the female connector and the male connector is made detachable.

In addition, the cable consists of an optical cable comprising an optical fiber.

Meanwhile, a male connector is provided at an end of the thermal probe, and a female connector is provided at an inner end of the coupling hole of the endoscope insertion unit, and the female connector is inserted into the endoscope insertion unit to transfer an applied laser beam. Electrically connected to the cable, the male connector and the female connector is made detachable.

In addition, the cable consists of an optical cable comprising an optical fiber.

Preferably, the thermal probe is made of optical fiber, it is made to be inserted into the endoscope insert.

Here, the optical fiber is connected so that one end thereof is exposed to a predetermined portion from one end of the endoscope insertion portion to the outside.

Alternatively, the optical fiber is configured to transfer laser beams applied from the outside, and generate heat to a predetermined temperature by the laser beams applied.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing a gastrointestinal endoscopy treatment thermal probe according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a view schematically showing an endoscope insertion portion of a gastrointestinal endoscope treatment heating probe according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a view schematically illustrating a heat probe of a heat probe for treating gastrointestinal endoscopy, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating a coupling structure of a heat probe and an endoscope insertion unit of a heat probe for treating gastrointestinal endoscopy according to the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, as shown in the drawing, the gastrointestinal endoscope system 1 according to the present invention includes an endoscope insertion unit 10, an endoscope body 50, a cable 70, and a connector 90. It is configured to include.

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The endoscope insertion unit 10 is made of a flexible material having flexibility in order to be inserted into the patient's body, the one end is inserted into the patient's body to obtain the affected part and the image related thereto 13 And a light source device 11 for supplying a light source to obtain a clearer image through the camera 13.

The endoscope body 50 is connected to one side of the endoscope insertion portion 10, it is made to control the endoscope insertion portion 10 is inserted into the body.

The cable 70 is connected to one side of the endoscope body 50 to supply light to the light source device 11 provided in the endoscope insertion unit 10 and to supply data according to an image taken through the camera 13. In order to control the endoscope body 50 and transmit various kinds of data, and to receive power, a connector 90 is provided at its end to be connected to a device and a system provided externally.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 1, the camera 13 includes a monitor 140 for displaying an output image signal as an electrical image signal and a video recorder 150 for storing the image signal of the monitor 140. ) And a printer 160 for outputting an image signal of the video recorder 150, and a still camera 170 for storing an image photographed through the endoscope insertion unit 10 in a film.

Here, the endoscope insertion unit 10 is provided with a thermal probe 30 for emitting a predetermined laser light source according to the laser beam applied from the outside, the thermal probe 30 is the endoscope inserting portion 10 It is made to be detachably coupled to one end, and for this purpose, a coupling hole 15 is formed to detachably couple the thermal probe 30 to one end of the endoscope insertion unit 10.

That is, the thermal probe 30 is provided at an end portion of the endoscope insertion portion 10 inserted into the body, and when the endoscope insertion portion 10 is inserted into the body, heat of a predetermined temperature is applied to the affected part. Is made to diverge, the coupling hole 15 of a predetermined shape is formed at the end of the endoscope insertion portion 10, the thermal probe 30 is detachably coupled to the coupling hole (15).

On the other hand, the female connector 37 is provided at the end of the thermal probe 30 is coupled to the coupling hole 15 of the endoscope insertion portion 10, the thermal probe (inner end of the coupling hole 15) A male connector 17 is provided to be detachably connected to the female connector 37 of 30.

In addition, the male connector 17 is electrically connected to a cable 70 inserted into the endoscope insertion unit 10 in order to transport the laser beam applied from the outside.

On the other hand, in one embodiment of the present invention is provided with a female connector 37 at the end of the thermal probe 30 is coupled to the coupling hole 15 of the endoscope insertion portion 10, the coupling hole 15 A male connector 17 is provided at an inner end thereof, but the female connector 37 and the male connector 17 are detachably connected to each other, but are connected to an end of the thermal probe 30. Connector 17 is provided, it is also possible to be provided with a female connector 37 to be detachably connected to the male connector 17 at the inner end of the coupling hole (15).

Here, the cable 70 for transporting the laser beam inserted in the endoscope insertion unit 10 and applied from the outside is made of an optical cable (not shown) including an optical fiber 31. In an embodiment of the present invention, the cable 70 for transporting the laser beam applied from the outside by being inserted into the endoscope insertion unit 10 is made of the optical fiber 31, but the insertion into the endoscope insertion unit 10 is performed. If it is easy and easy to transport the laser beam applied from the outside, it is also possible to use a cable having a variety of other materials and shapes.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention, but the thermal probe 30 is made of a separate unit made of a structure that is detachably coupled to the endoscope insertion portion 10, the thermal probe 30 is an optical fiber 31 It is made of, but is also preferably made to be inserted into the endoscope insertion portion 10.

To this end, one end of the optical fiber 31 is exposed to protrude a predetermined portion from one end of the endoscope insertion portion 10 to the outside, and the optical fiber 31 transfers a laser beam applied from the outside, The laser beam is applied to generate heat at a predetermined temperature.

Hereinafter, the thermal treatment method according to the thermal probe for gastrointestinal endoscopy according to the present invention.

First, the endoscope insert 10 of the gastrointestinal endoscope system 1 is inserted into the esophagus or anus of the patient and placed in the affected part.

Here, the endoscope insertion portion 10 is adjusted such that the position is changed by the endoscope body 50 provided on one side, thereby positioning the end of the endoscope insertion portion 10 to the affected part of the patient. At this time, the doctor identifies the position of the endoscope body 50 and the movement path to the affected part by using the camera 13 and the light source device 11 provided at the end of the endoscope insertion unit 10.

As described above, the endoscope insertion unit 10 is positioned in the affected part inside the patient's body, and then a laser beam is applied from the outside through the cable 70, and the applied laser beam is applied to the endoscope body 50 and the endoscope insertion unit. It is transmitted to the thermal probe 30 through the (10).

Accordingly, the thermal probe 30 emits heat by radiating a racer light source, and emits a laser light source of the thermal probe 30 that generates heat to raise cancer tissue to increase the temperature of the cancer tissue cell, thereby lowering cell activity. To destroy them.

On the other hand, when the thermal probe 30 for gastrointestinal endoscopy according to the present invention is applied to the affected part of the patient, after using the functional polymer medicament to the patient by applying the thermal probe 30 according to the present invention to the cancer tissue part of the patient It is preferable to destroy and remove cancer tissue more easily by heating.

That is, since the body temperature of the human body is typically 37 ° C., when the thermal probe 30 for gastrointestinal endoscopy according to the present invention is applied to the affected part of the patient, the functional polymer drug, which is a polymer material activated at a specific temperature, is previously administered and taken. The heat probe 30 of the gastrointestinal endoscope system 1 is placed on the affected area, and the laser light source is radiated to heat the cancer tissue to 43 ° C. to activate the functional polymer medicine located on the affected area to destroy and remove the cancer tissue. It is desirable to.

Here, the thermal probe 30 is made detachable, so that not only the exchange is easy, but also the use of various other accessories for various treatments using the gastrointestinal endoscope system 1 is possible.

While the exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described above by way of example, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments, and those skilled in the art are appropriate within the scope described in the claims of the present invention. It will be possible to change.

As described above, the present invention having the configuration as described above inserts a thermal probe for thermal treatment inside an endoscope of a flexible material having flexibility, but receives a laser beam applied from the outside and receives a laser light source having a predetermined temperature. It is made so as to dissipate the desired part inside the body or the gastrointestinal wall, cancer tissue, etc. to the temperature required to reduce the activity of the cells, thereby destroying the tissues and cells harmful to the body, and to treat It is possible to precisely heat the site, not only have no side effects, but also to improve the treatment effect, and to prevent safety accidents such as burns that may be caused by applying heat directly to the skin for heat treatment. Can be harvested.

Claims (9)

Endoscope inserting portion 10 of a flexible material having a flexible light source device 11 and the camera 13 is provided at its end, and the endoscope body connected to the right place to control the endoscope inserting portion 10 In the gastrointestinal endoscope system (1) comprising a 50, a cable 70 connected to one side of the endoscope body 50 and a connector 90 provided at an end of the cable 70, Is inserted into the endoscope insertion portion 10, but one end portion is provided so as to be exposed to the outside from the end of the endoscope insertion portion 10 comprises a thermal probe 30 for dissipating heat to the affected part inside the body Gastrointestinal endoscopy system, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, Gastrointestinal endoscopy system, characterized in that the coupling hole 15 is formed at the end of the endoscope insertion portion 10, the thermal probe 30 is detachably coupled. The method of claim 2, A female connector 37 is provided at an end of the thermal probe 30, and a male connector 17 is provided at an inner end of the coupling hole 15 of the endoscope insertion unit 10. 17 is electrically connected to a cable 70 inserted into the endoscope insert 10 so as to transfer the applied laser beam, so that the female connector 37 and the male connector 17 are detachable and attachable. Gastrointestinal endoscopy system, characterized in that made. The method of claim 3, Gastrointestinal endoscopy system, characterized in that the cable (70) consists of an optical cable comprising an optical fiber (31). The method of claim 2, A male connector 17 is provided at an end of the thermal probe 30, and a female connector 37 is provided at an inner end of the coupling hole 15 of the endoscope insertion unit 10. 37 is electrically connected to a cable 70 inserted into the endoscope insert 10 to transport the applied laser beam, so that the male connector 17 and the female connector 37 are detachable and attachable. Gastrointestinal endoscopy system, characterized in that made. The method of claim 5, The gastrointestinal endoscope system, wherein the cable (70) consists of an optical cable comprising an optical fiber (31). The method of claim 1, Gastrointestinal endoscopy system, characterized in that the thermal probe 30 is made of an optical fiber (31). delete The method of claim 7, wherein The optical fiber (31) is gastrointestinal endoscopy system, characterized in that for transmitting a laser beam applied from the outside.

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