KR20190106758A - flexible endoscope lens cleanliness maintenance device capable of maintaining cleanliness of an endoscope lens through vortex supply of a cleaning agent - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a flexible endoscope lens cleanliness maintenance device comprising: a housing to which a cleaning agent is supplied from the outside; a bushing unit extended to one side of the housing with a predetermined length, allowing an endoscope to be slidably inserted therein, and having a moving path through which the cleaning agent inflowing from the housing can flow; and a vortex generation unit having one end unit thereof connected to a front end of the bushing unit and provided in an obliquely inclined form on an inner side surface to form a vortex in the cleaning agent inflowing from the moving path so as to have a ramp for discharging the cleaning agent to the other end thereof.

Description

Flexible endoscope lens cleanliness maintenance device capable of maintaining cleanliness of an endoscope lens through vortex supply of a cleaning agent}

The present invention relates to a flexible endoscope lens cleaning device, and more particularly, to provide a passage through which the flexible endoscope is inserted into the human body for surgery or procedure, and to form a vortex in the image lens at the end of the flexible endoscope. The present invention relates to a flexible endoscope lens cleanliness maintaining apparatus capable of spraying to maintain cleanliness of the flexible endoscope lens.

In general, unlike conventional open surgery, laparoscopic surgery uses a laparoscopic trocar (trocar) to form a micro incision in the abdomen of the patient, and inserts the trocar into the abdomen, and then introduces gas into the human body such as the abdomen. By blowing in and out to create relief, you have room for surgery. After securing the surgical space by gas injection, various surgical instruments such as endoscopy are introduced into the abdominal cavity using the trocar's internal passageway, and the operation is performed using various surgical tools while observing the surgical site through the endoscope. Done.

Laparoscopic surgery using laparoscopic trocars, endoscopes, and surgical instruments, as described above, forms a small incision on the abdominal surface without cutting the abdomen during various long-term operations, and then includes an endoscope after inserting the trocar into the incision. Since the operation by inserting a variety of surgical instruments, the operation time is short, the abdominal cavity inside is not in contact with the outside air, there is a hygienic advantage.

However, the endoscope, which is inserted into the human body and photographs the surgical site through the image lens of the end, has a problem in which the rim of the endoscope lens is frequently generated due to the temperature, humidity, and smoke generated during the procedure in the human body. When the endoscope lens is contaminated, it is difficult to secure the field of view of the surgical site. During the operation, the endoscope lens is wiped out from time to time while the endoscope lens is wiped out. There is this.

Meanwhile, referring to Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1544714 (Laparoscopic Pollution Prevention Mechanism), a cap formed at the tip of the insertion part to surround the insertion part of the tube shape and the distal end portion of the laparoscope surrounds the insertion tube of the laparoscope. In the state in which the part is included, it discloses the contents to perform the cleaning by changing the direction of the air or the cleaning liquid discharged through the nozzle hole through the reflecting plate of the predetermined size disposed at the tip of the nozzle portion to guide the flow to the dual optical window of the cap portion do.

(Patent Document 1) KR Registered Patent No. 10-1544714 (2015.08.10.)

(Patent Document 2) KR Registered Patent No. 10-0659669 (2006.12.13.)

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a passage through which the flexible endoscope can be inserted into the human body for surgery, and spraying the cleaning agent to form a vortex in the image lens of the flexible endoscope end It is to provide a flexible endoscope lens cleaning device that can maintain the cleanness of the flexible endoscope lens.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a flexible endoscope lens cleanliness device that can be adjusted in length depending on the depth of the flexible endoscope is inserted into the human body, a flexible movement can be implemented along the flexible endoscope end.

On the other hand, other objects not specified in the present invention will be further considered within the scope that can be easily inferred from the following detailed description and effects.

Flexible endoscope lens cleaning device according to the present invention devised to solve the problem as described above, the housing is supplied with a cleaning agent from the outside; A bushing part extending to a side of the housing to a predetermined length, the endoscope being slidably inserted therein, and having a moving path through which the cleaning agent introduced from the housing can flow; And a vortex generating unit having one end connected to the front end of the bushing part and provided in an obliquely inclined form on an inner side thereof to form a vortex in the cleaning agent introduced from the moving path and to discharge the other end.

Here, the moving path is formed between the support wall protruding from the inner surface of the bushing portion, the support wall is formed to be inclined obliquely along the longitudinal direction on the inner surface of the light transmitting portion vortex to the cleaning agent discharged along the moving path Can be formed.

Here, the vortex generating unit, one end is connected to the front end of the bushing portion and the other end may be provided in a curved shape toward the inner center.

Here, one side of the bushing portion is provided with a corrugated pipe may be provided to enable stretching and flexible movement.

The flexible endoscope lens cleaning device according to the present invention provides a passage through which the endoscope can be inserted into the human body in a state in which the inside is penetrated and inserted into an incision for laparoscopic surgery, and a cleaning agent supplied from the housing is provided in the trocar. When injected into the vortex cap and sprayed, the cleaning agent is sprayed in the vortex form at the end of the endoscope positioned adjacent to the vortex generating unit to clean the endoscope front end, thus keeping the lens of the endoscope front clean at all times. There is an advantage that the visibility is smoothly secured.

In the flexible endoscope lens cleaning and maintaining device according to the present invention, when the flexible endoscope is fastened and fixed to the bushing part, since the positions of the corrugated pipes provided at the front end of the flexible endoscope and the front end of the bushing part correspond to each other, Accordingly, the front end portion of the trocar is also flexibly flexed by the corrugated tube, thereby having an advantage of easily securing the peripheral field of view of the surgical site.

1 is a side view of a flexible endoscope lens cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 (a) and 2 (b) are cross-sectional views of a flexible endoscope lens cleanness maintaining apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a perspective view of a flexible endoscope lens cleaning device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a partial cutaway perspective view of the flexible endoscope lens cleaning apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 (a) is a perspective view of the vortex generating unit according to another embodiment of the present invention, (b) is a rear view of the vortex generating unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 (a) to (c) is a view showing the expansion and contraction of the bushing according to one embodiment and another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view showing a state in which the cleaning agent is discharged in the form of vortex from the flexible endoscope lens cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention and another embodiment.

The objects, specific advantages and novel features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the preferred embodiments associated with the accompanying drawings. In addition, the terms used are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or convention of the user operator. Therefore, the definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout the present specification.

1, 2 and 4, the flexible endoscope lens cleanliness maintaining apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the housing 110 is supplied with a cleaning agent from the outside, the endoscope (not shown) C) is inserted in a slideable manner and one end portion is connected to a bushing portion 120 and a front end portion of the bushing portion 120 in which a moving path 122 through which the cleaning agent flowing from the housing 110 flows is provided. It includes a vortex generating unit 130 is provided with an inclined path 132 of the inclined groove shape on the inner side.

Flexible endoscope lens cleaning device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration is discharged to the outside through the ramp 132 of the vortex generation unit 130, the cleaning agent introduced from the bushing portion 120 If so, the vortices are formed in the cleaner along the inclination of the ramp 132 to be discharged, so that the lens of the endoscope front end inserted into the bushing 120 can be easily washed. In addition, the cleaner moving along the bushing part 120 may be delivered to the vortex generating part 130 in a state where the vortex is formed from the bushing part 120, and in this case, the cleaner sprayed to the vortex generating part 130. Since the vortex action of is further increased, the cleaning effect of the endoscope lens is further facilitated.

The housing 110 is provided in a form through which the inside is penetrated, and an endoscope is inserted into the penetrated interior. The outer circumferential surface of the housing 110 is provided with a tubular inlet 112. The cleaning agent introduced through the inlet 112 is supplied to the inside of the housing 110. The detergent supplied into the housing 110 flows along the interior of the bushing part 120 connected to the front end of the housing 110.

At this time, the cleaning agent is sprayed on the endoscope 10 lens (not shown) to clean the foreign substances, etc., both liquid and gas may be used. The cleaning agent is preferably a cleaning gas in gaseous form, most preferably using carbon dioxide gas (CO ₂ gas).

1, 2, and 4, the bushing part 120 is mounted to the front end of the housing 110 and has a predetermined length. The bushing portion 120 has a hollow shape and is open at both ends. The endoscope is slidably inserted into the bushing 120. The inside of the bushing part 120 is connected to the inside of the housing 110 to supply a cleaning agent introduced into the housing 110, and the supplied cleaning agent moves toward the shear direction of the bushing part 120.

At this time, the cleaning agent supplied to the bushing part 120 is moved along the movement path 122 formed on the inner surface of the bushing part 120. The movement path 122 may be provided in various forms. As shown in FIG. 2A, the movement path 122 is spaced apart from the inner surface of the bushing part 120 at predetermined intervals and the inner tube 121 is inserted into the endoscope so as to be movable. The space may be the moving path 122. In addition, the movement path 122 may be formed between the support wall 124 protruding from the inner surface of the bushing portion 120 and in contact with the outer surface of the inner tube 121.

The movement path 122 formed between the support walls 124 may vary in how the cleaner is moved depending on the shape of the support walls 124. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, if the movement path 122 is formed between the support walls 124 protruding in a straight line along the longitudinal direction with a predetermined interval around the inner surface of the bushing part 120, the movement of the straight lines is performed. The cleaner may also be discharged by moving in a straight direction along the furnace 122. On the other hand, as shown in (b) of Figure 2, if the moving path 122 is formed between the support wall 124 protruding in the form of a spiral inclined obliquely along the inner surface of the bushing portion 120, in a spiral shape Since the cleaning agent rotates and moves along the inclined movement path 122, when the cleaner is discharged to the front end of the bushing part 120, the cleaner may be sprayed in a vortex state.

In addition, in one embodiment, the inner tube 121 is provided inside the bushing part 120, and the movement path 122 is provided between the inner side surface of the bushing part 120 and the outer side surface of the inner pipe 121. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in a state in which the inner tube 121 is not provided inside the bushing part 120, the support wall 124 protrudes from the inner side surface of the bushing part 120, and at the end of the support wall 124. The outer surface of the endoscope may be inserted into the direct contact and moveable. At this time, since the support wall 124 is blocked by the outer surface of the endoscope, the movement path 122 formed between the support walls 124 is provided in the form of a passage in which all the outside are blocked. At this time, it will be obvious that the injection type of the cleaning agent passing through the moving path 122 may vary depending on the installation type of the support wall 124 described above.

In addition, a fixing means 125 may be further provided inside the bushing part 120 to restrict and fix the movement of the endoscope. At this time, the fixing means 125 may vary depending on whether the inner tube 121 is present. For example, since the endoscope moves along the inner tube 121 in the state in which the inner tube 121 is provided, the inner tube 121 may protrude in the form of a protrusion at the front end portion of the inner tube 121. When not provided, the fixing means 125 may be provided at the front end of the support wall 124. The fixing means 125 protrudes inwardly from the front end of the support wall 124 and restricts the movement of the front end of the endoscope moved along the support wall 124 and at the same time fixes the position of the endoscope. Perform.

As described above, the cleaning agent introduced from the bushing portion 120 into which the endoscope is inserted is moved in a straight or spiral form along the movement path 122 of the bushing portion 120, and the front end portion of the bushing portion 120. Is delivered to the vortex generation unit 130 is connected to. At this time, if the moving path 122 of the bushing part 120 is provided in a spiral form, the cleaning agent flowing into the vortex generating unit 130 may be supplied in a vortex state in which the vortices are moved from the bushing part 120. Can be.

In addition, in one embodiment according to the present invention, the shear of the bushing portion 120 to which the endoscope is fastened is also shown in an obliquely inclined state as the shear of the endoscope is inclined obliquely, but is not limited thereto. In general, the shear angle of the bushing part 120 may also vary according to the shear angle of the endoscope.

On the other hand, since the endoscope inserted into the bushing portion 120 is mainly used for the endoscope flexible movement, it is preferable that the bushing portion 120 is also provided to have a flexible movement with the endoscope.

Referring to Figure 6 in more detail, the bushing portion 120 is stretched by the corrugated pipe 128 and at the same time flexible flexible operation in multiple directions. At this time, the corrugated pipe 128 is pulled backward by the elastic body (not shown), such as a spring provided inside the bushing portion 120, and is contracted, so that the length of the bushing portion 120 is short overall when not in use. . On the other hand, when the flexible endoscope is fastened to the bushing part 120, the front end of the endoscope is fixed to the fixing means 125 provided at the front end of the bushing part 120, the endoscope is inserted into the bushing part 120 Corrugated pipe 128 is elongated according to the insertion depth, and the overall length of the bushing part 120 is increased. That is, the bushing portion 120 is variable in overall length according to the depth of insertion of the endoscope 10 is inserted into the bushing 20.

1 and 2, the vortex generating unit 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention has one end connected to the front end of the bushing part 120, and has an inclined ramp inclined obliquely along the inner circumference ( 132. The cleaning agent moving through the bushing part 120 forms a vortex while rotating along the inclined path 132 of the vortex generating part 130 and is discharged to the other end. On the other hand, in one embodiment of the present invention, the vortex generating unit 130 is shown as each of the objects separately coupled to the bushing unit 130, but is not limited to this, the bushing unit 120 and the vortex generating unit ( 130 may be manufactured in one piece.

The vortex generating unit 130 has a form of a tube in which a hole is formed in the center as a whole. An inclined path 132 is provided on the inner surface of the vortex generating unit 130 as described above, and the inclined path 132 is between the inclined walls 134 protruding obliquely from the inner surface of the vortex generating unit 130. Is formed. The inclined wall 134 may be provided in plural at regular intervals along the inner circumference of the vortex generating unit 130. The inclined path 132 of the vortex generating unit 130 may be provided to be connected to the moving path 122 of the bushing part 120.

3 to 5, the configuration and operation of the flexible endoscope lens cleaning device according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Hereinafter, the description of the configuration and operation of the housing 110 and the bushing portion 120 having the same configuration and operation in one embodiment of the present invention described above will be briefly described or omitted, and vortices having different configurations Only the description of the generation unit 130` will be described.

3 to 5, the flexible endoscope lens cleanness maintaining apparatus 100 ′ according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 110 to which a cleaning agent is supplied from the outside, and an endoscope (not shown) slides therein. One end portion is connected to the bushing portion 120 and the front end of the bushing portion 120 is provided with a movable passage 122 through which the movable agent is movably inserted and the cleaning agent introduced from the housing 110 can flow. It includes a vortex generating portion 130` which is bent toward the center and provided with an inclined path 132` of an inclined groove shape on the inner surface.

In more detail, the vortex generating unit 130 ′ is formed in the form of a tube in which a hole is formed inside. The vortex generating unit 130 ′ has one end connected to the front end of the bushing part 120, and the other end is provided in a bent shape toward the inner center. Also, in the present embodiment, the vortex generating unit 130 ′ is illustrated as each object that is separately coupled to the bushing unit 120, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the bushing unit 120 and the vortex generating unit 130 ′ are not limited thereto. ) May be manufactured in one piece.

An inclined path 132 ′ having a groove shape is provided on an inner side surface of the vortex generating unit 130 ′. The inclined path 132 ′ is formed between the inclined walls 134 ′ protruding at an angle from the inner surface of the vortex generating unit 130 ′. A plurality of ramps 132 ′ are provided along the inner surface of the vortex generating unit 130 ′, and the ramp 132 ′ is the bushing unit 120 in a state in which the vortex generating unit 130 ′ is connected to the bushing part 120. It is preferably provided to be connected to each of the plurality of movement paths 122 formed on the inner surface of each one.

Flexible endoscope lens cleaning device (100, 100`) according to one embodiment of the present invention, the endoscope front end using a cleaning agent sprayed in the vortex form through the vortex generation unit (130, 130`) By doing so, the camera lens disposed at the front end of the endoscope is kept clean, thereby ensuring the visibility of the surgical site. Specifically, in the state in which the endoscope is inserted into the bushing portion 120, the front end of the endoscope is fixed to the front end portion of the bushing ㅂ 120 by the fixing means 125 as described above. When the cleaning agent is supplied to the housing 110 while the position of the endoscope is fixed to the bushing part 120, the cleaner moves to the front end of the bushing part 120 through the movement path 122 inside the bushing part 120. Done. In this case, the cleaning agent may move in a straight line along the shape of the movement path 122 of the bushing part 120, and may move in a state in which a vortex is formed while rotating.

The detergent flowing through the moving path 122 of the bushing part 120 flows into the ramps 132 and 132` of the vortex generating parts 130 and 130` connected to the front end of the bushing part 120, and generates vortices. The cleaning agent is sprayed toward the outside of the vortex generators 130 and 130 ′ by the vortices formed by the inclined paths 132 and 132 ′ inclined at an angle from the inner surfaces of the portions 130 and 130 ′. Since the detergent discharged in the state where the vortex is formed from the front end portions of the vortex generating units 130 and 130` is sprayed on the endoscope lens inserted into the bushing part 120, the endoscope lens can be cleaned to keep the lens clean at all times. Has an advantage.

On the other hand, as in another embodiment of the present invention, when the other end portion of the vortex generating portion 130` is made to bend toward the inner surface, the cleaning agent is inward from the inner surface of the vortex generating portion 130` Vortex is injected toward the inner central portion by the inclined slope 132 ′ which is inclined obliquely toward the central portion and then discharged to the outside of the vortex generating unit 130 ′. At this time, the front end portion of the bushing portion 120 is very adjacent to the inner ramp 132 ′ of the vortex generation portion 130 ′, and the front end of the endoscope is positioned at the front end portion of the bushing portion 120, thereby generating vortex flow. The cleaner sprayed in the vortex form from the portion 130` toward the inner center portion is ejected more easily at the front end portion of the endoscope to more easily wash the lens of the endoscope, thereby keeping the lens clean at all times. It is effective to secure the field of view through this.

In the above, the configuration and operation of the present invention has been described by dividing it into one embodiment and another embodiment, but this is only a division for the description of the various embodiments of the invention to distinguish the difference of the invention according to the embodiment no.

In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise", or "having" described above mean that a corresponding component may be included unless otherwise stated, and thus, excludes other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Terms used generally, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

10: endoscope 100, 100 `: flexible endoscope lens cleaning device
110: housing 120: bushing
132: 130, Dongdong-ro 130: Vortex Generation
132, 132`: Slope

Claims (7)

A housing to which a cleaning agent is supplied from the outside;
A bushing part extending to a side of the housing to a predetermined length, the endoscope being slidably inserted therein, and having a moving path through which the cleaning agent introduced from the housing can flow; And
One end portion is connected to the front end of the bushing portion, is provided in an obliquely inclined form on the inner side to form a vortex in the cleaning agent introduced from the moving path with a vortex generating unit having a ramp for discharging to the other end; Flexible endoscope including Lens cleanliness.
The method of claim 1,
And the moving path is formed between the support walls protruding from the inner surface of the bushing part.
The method of claim 2,
The support wall is formed to be inclined obliquely along the longitudinal direction on the inner side of the light transmitting portion flexible endoscope lens cleaning device, characterized in that to form a vortex in the cleaning agent discharged along the moving path.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The vortex generating unit,
Flexible endoscope lens cleaning device, characterized in that one end is connected to the front end of the bushing portion and the other end is bent toward the inner center.
The method of claim 4, wherein
The endoscope is a flexible endoscope lens cleaning device, characterized in that inserted into the bushing portion in a state that the outer surface is in contact with the support wall.
The method of claim 5,
Flexible endoscope lens cleaning device, characterized in that the front end of the support wall is provided with a fixing means for limiting the movement of the endoscope.
The method of claim 1,
One end of the bushing portion is provided with a corrugated pipe flexible flexible endoscope lens cleaning device, characterized in that the flexible movement is possible.

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