WO2014106510A1 - An endoscope camera housing with a guide recess - Google Patents

An endoscope camera housing with a guide recess Download PDF

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WO2014106510A1
WO2014106510A1 PCT/DK2013/050001 DK2013050001W WO2014106510A1 WO 2014106510 A1 WO2014106510 A1 WO 2014106510A1 DK 2013050001 W DK2013050001 W DK 2013050001W WO 2014106510 A1 WO2014106510 A1 WO 2014106510A1
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Hans Henrik IUEL
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/04—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor combined with photographic or television appliances
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/04—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor combined with photographic or television appliances
    • A61B1/05—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor combined with photographic or television appliances characterised by the image sensor, e.g. camera, being in the distal end portion

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  • the present invention relates to an endoscope comprising an elongated insertion tube with an operating handle arranged at a proximal end and a distal end segment at a distal end of the elongated insertion tube, the distal end segment comprises a light source and a camera housing with a lens system, and a tube extending from the operating handle to the distal end segment and forming a working channel.
  • Endoscopes are well known devices for visually inspecting inaccessible places such as human body cavities.
  • the endoscope comprises an elongated insertion tube with a handle at the proximal end as seen from the operator and visual inspections means, such as a built in camera, at the distal end of the elongated insertion tube. Electrical wiring for the camera and other electronics such as LED lighting run along the inside of the elongated insertion tube from the handle to the tip at the distal end.
  • endoscopes may also be fibre-optic, in which case the optical fibres run along inside of the elongated insertion tube.
  • the distal end of the endoscope may comprise a section with increased flexibility, e.g. an articulated tip part allowing the operator to bend this section. Typically this is done by tensioning or slacking pull wires also running along the inside of the elongated insertion tube from the articulated tip part to a control mechanism of the handle.
  • a working channel may run along the inside of the insertion tube from the handle to the tip, e.g. allowing liquid to be removed from the body cavity or allowing the insertion of surgical instruments or the like into the body cavity.
  • US-A-4947827 discloses an endoscope with an insertion tube having a elongate groove along the length and which is adapted for receiving a disposable working channel.
  • EP-A-1681013 discloses an endoscope with a distal tip formed as a moulded single component configured with a bore forming a working channel and bores for arranging a lens system and light sources.
  • an object of the present invention to provide an improved articulated tip part for an endoscope.
  • an endoscope wherein an outer surface of the camera housing comprises a recess accommodating and guiding the tube.
  • the diameter of the tube may be increased without increasing the outer diameter of the distal end segment, and the tube is kept in the right position dur- ing manufacturing of the distal end segment of the endoscope.
  • the recess is configured so that it provides a minimum in the wall thickness of the camera housing.
  • the thin wall has the advantage of reducing the amount of material for manufacturing the camera housing, while the outer diameter of the tube may be increased without affecting the outer diameter of the distal tip.
  • This con- figuration also facilitates positioning of the tube with respect to the lens system and that the tube is kept in place prior to moulding of the distal end segment.
  • the recess is configured so that the thickness of the camera housing is at a minimum at a centre plane of the lens system. Thereby the tube and the lens system are aligned.
  • the recess is crescent-sha ped or at least pa rty crescent shaped about the centre plane of the camera housing.
  • the crescent-shaped recess allows the wall of the camera housing to be very thin, but still stable enough to have the tube rest on the surface of the recess.
  • the curved shape of the recess help keeping the tube at the desired position during assembly of the distal tip viz. at the centre plane of lens system, and it allows for a better distribution of moulding material between the tube and the camera housing.
  • the crescent-shape of the recess may be chosen so that one configuration of the camera housing without any modification may be used with tubes of different sizes.
  • the camera housing is arranged on a flexible circuit board, which extends inside the insertion tube from the operating handle to the tip part.
  • electrical supply and signal wires for the camera, the light source etc. need not to be soldered to the circuit board and therefore the assembly is facilitated.
  • the camera housing is arranged on a flexible circuit board, which comprises a main section with a first side portion on which the camera housing is arranged, and the first side portion is angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the main section.
  • the first side section comprises a second side section angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the first side section.
  • the second side section comprises a third side section, which is angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the second side section and on which the light source is arranged. This allows for a very compact and robust configuration of the distal tip, because the section of the circuit board comprising the light source may be folded to extend on the outer surface of the camera housing.
  • Fig. 1 shows an endoscope with a distal end segment according to the invention at the distal end of the insertion tube
  • Fig. 2 shows details of the distal end segment at the distal end of the insertion tube
  • Fig. 3 shows a front view of the camera housing arranged at the distal end segment
  • Fig. 4 shows a schematic top view of the parts of a distal end segment
  • Figs. 5 and 6 show different embodiments of tubes according to the invention
  • Fig. 7 schematically shows the camera housing and the light sources arranged on a flexible circuit board according to the invention.
  • an endoscope 1 is shown.
  • the endoscope is disposable, and not intended to be cleaned and reused.
  • the endoscope 1 comprises an elongated insertion tube 12.
  • an operating handle 13 is arranged at the proximal end of the insertion tube 12 .
  • the operating handle 13 has a control lever 14 for manoeuvring an articulated tip part 3 at the distal end of the insertion tube 12 by means of pull wires 15 (visible in fig. 2 only).
  • the control lever 14 is secured by means of a removable securing clip 16 to be removed before use.
  • the articulated tip part 3 comprises a number of segments 4, 5, 6. More specifically a distal end segment 4, a proximal end segment 6 (not visible in fig. 2) and a number of intermediate segments 5.
  • the distal end segment 4 comprises a camera housing 30 with a lens system 17, light sources 18 by means of light emitting diodes as well as a tube 9. At an outer surface the camera housing has a recess 32 which extends in a longitudinal direction of the camera housing 30, i.e.
  • the recess is crescent-shaped and extends from the distal end to the postal end of an outer surface of the camera housing 30 and forms an open channel.
  • the tube 9 is arranged so that the recess 30 accommodates and guides the tube 9 to a desired position at the camera housing 30.
  • an outer surface 11 of the tube 9 abuts the outer surface of the recess 30 as this may be advantageous during assembly of the distal end segment 4.
  • the tube 9 is slightly withdrawn from the far distal end of the insertion tube 12 and the remaining part of the working channel towards the end surface of the insertion tube 12 is formed by a mandrel when moulding the components of the distal end segment to form a sealed substantially tubular tip part.
  • the tube 9 may extend to the end surface of the insertion tube 12.
  • the light sources are located laterally on the camera housing 30 substantially perpendicular to the outer surface with the recess 30.
  • the tube 9 extends inside the insertion tube 12 all the way from the distal end seg- ment 4 to the operating handle 13 so as to form a working channel.
  • the working channel may via a suction port on the handle (not visible) be connected to a standard external suction, e.g.
  • the distal end segment 4 comprising the camera housing 30, light sources 18, the distal end of the tube 9 and the circuit board 48 are moulded-in by means of plastic material, e.g. in a process similar to the one described in WO-A-2010/066790 incorporated herein by reference. Hence a sealed substantially tubular distal tip part is formed by moulding.
  • Fig. 3 shows a front view of a camera housing 30 according to the in- vention.
  • the camera housing 30 is a moulded component comprising a lens system 17 of objective lenses located in a through-hole and surrounded by a wall.
  • the recess 32 of the camera housing 30 is crescent-shaped and an opposing part 31 of the outer surface of the camera housing 30 is substantially tubular shaped.
  • the light sources are arranged laterally on the camera housing. Because of the shape of the recess 32, the wall thickness of the camera housing has a minimum at a centre plane 36 of the lens system 17.
  • the camera housing 30 is arranged on a circuit board 48, which is in electrical communication with the operating handle 13.
  • the circuit board is a flexible circuit board adapted to bend and flex in several directions.
  • the electrical communication between the circuit board 48 may be pro- vided by having a main section 50 of the circuit board located in the distal end segment 4 from which a strip 57 of flexible circuit board with circuit board tracks 58 extends to the operating handle 13.
  • Fig. 5 and 6 shows embodiments with tubes 9 of different sizes.
  • the outer diameter of the distal end segment 4 is about 5 mm and the inner diameter of the tube is about 2.5 mm.
  • the outer diameter of the distal end segment 4 is about 4 mm and the inner diameter of the tube is about 1.2 mm.
  • Fig . 7 shows a flexible circuit board 48 according to an advantageous embodiment.
  • the flexible circuit board 48 comprises a main segment 50 with a first side portion 52 on which the camera housing 17 is arranged, and the first side portion 52 may be angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the main section 50 as illustrated in Fig. 4.
  • the camera housing 30 is arranged on the first side section 52, which comprises second lateral side sections 54 angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the first side section 52.
  • the second lateral side sections 54 each has a third side section 56 on which the light sources 18 are arranged.
  • the third side sections 56 are angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the second side section 54 as illustrated on Fig. 3.
  • the configuration of the camera housing and the flexible circuit board allows them to be packet together with the tube 9 in a substantially tubular distal end segment 4 of the articulated tip part.
  • the flexible circuit board 48 of Fig. 7 may have a strip 57 of flexible circuit board as depicted and explained in relation to Fig. 4.

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Abstract

An endoscope (1) comprising an elongated insertion tube (12) with an operating handle (13) arranged at a proximal end and a distal end segment (4) at a distal end of the elongated insertion tube (12), the distal end segment (4) comprises a light source (18) and a camera housing (30) with a lens system (17), and a tube (9) extending from the operating handle (13) to the distal end segment (4) and forming a working channel. An outer surface of the camera housing (30) comprises a recess (32) accommodating and guiding the tube (9).

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An endoscope camera housing with a guide recess
The present invention relates to an endoscope comprising an elongated insertion tube with an operating handle arranged at a proximal end and a distal end segment at a distal end of the elongated insertion tube, the distal end segment comprises a light source and a camera housing with a lens system, and a tube extending from the operating handle to the distal end segment and forming a working channel.
Endoscopes are well known devices for visually inspecting inaccessible places such as human body cavities. Typically, the endoscope comprises an elongated insertion tube with a handle at the proximal end as seen from the operator and visual inspections means, such as a built in camera, at the distal end of the elongated insertion tube. Electrical wiring for the camera and other electronics such as LED lighting run along the inside of the elongated insertion tube from the handle to the tip at the distal end. Instead of using cameras, endoscopes may also be fibre-optic, in which case the optical fibres run along inside of the elongated insertion tube.
In order to be able to manoeuvre the endoscope inside the body cavity, the distal end of the endoscope may comprise a section with increased flexibility, e.g. an articulated tip part allowing the operator to bend this section. Typically this is done by tensioning or slacking pull wires also running along the inside of the elongated insertion tube from the articulated tip part to a control mechanism of the handle. Furthermore, a working channel may run along the inside of the insertion tube from the handle to the tip, e.g. allowing liquid to be removed from the body cavity or allowing the insertion of surgical instruments or the like into the body cavity.
US-A-4947827 discloses an endoscope with an insertion tube having a elongate groove along the length and which is adapted for receiving a disposable working channel.
EP-A-1681013 discloses an endoscope with a distal tip formed as a moulded single component configured with a bore forming a working channel and bores for arranging a lens system and light sources.
With a view to this is an object of the present invention to provide an improved articulated tip part for an endoscope. This is achieved with an endoscope wherein an outer surface of the camera housing comprises a recess accommodating and guiding the tube. Thereby the diameter of the tube may be increased without increasing the outer diameter of the distal end segment, and the tube is kept in the right position dur- ing manufacturing of the distal end segment of the endoscope. Preferably, the recess is configured so that it provides a minimum in the wall thickness of the camera housing. The thin wall has the advantage of reducing the amount of material for manufacturing the camera housing, while the outer diameter of the tube may be increased without affecting the outer diameter of the distal tip. This con- figuration also facilitates positioning of the tube with respect to the lens system and that the tube is kept in place prior to moulding of the distal end segment.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the recess is configured so that the thickness of the camera housing is at a minimum at a centre plane of the lens system. Thereby the tube and the lens system are aligned.
Preferably, the recess is crescent-sha ped or at least pa rty crescent shaped about the centre plane of the camera housing. The crescent-shaped recess allows the wall of the camera housing to be very thin, but still stable enough to have the tube rest on the surface of the recess. Moreover, the curved shape of the recess help keeping the tube at the desired position during assembly of the distal tip viz. at the centre plane of lens system, and it allows for a better distribution of moulding material between the tube and the camera housing. Furthermore, the crescent-shape of the recess may be chosen so that one configuration of the camera housing without any modification may be used with tubes of different sizes.
According to a further embodiment of the invention, the camera housing is arranged on a flexible circuit board, which extends inside the insertion tube from the operating handle to the tip part. Thereby electrical supply and signal wires for the camera, the light source etc. need not to be soldered to the circuit board and therefore the assembly is facilitated.
According to a further embodiment of the invention, the camera housing is arranged on a flexible circuit board, which comprises a main section with a first side portion on which the camera housing is arranged, and the first side portion is angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the main section. Preferably, the first side section comprises a second side section angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the first side section.
According to an even further preferred embodiment of the invention, the second side section comprises a third side section, which is angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the second side section and on which the light source is arranged. This allows for a very compact and robust configuration of the distal tip, because the section of the circuit board comprising the light source may be folded to extend on the outer surface of the camera housing.
The present invention will now be described in greater detail based on non-limiting exemplary embodiments, and with reference to the drawings on which :
Fig. 1 shows an endoscope with a distal end segment according to the invention at the distal end of the insertion tube,
Fig. 2 shows details of the distal end segment at the distal end of the insertion tube,
Fig. 3 shows a front view of the camera housing arranged at the distal end segment,
Fig. 4 shows a schematic top view of the parts of a distal end segment,
Figs. 5 and 6 show different embodiments of tubes according to the invention,
Fig. 7 schematically shows the camera housing and the light sources arranged on a flexible circuit board according to the invention.
Referring first to fig. 1, an endoscope 1 is shown. The endoscope is disposable, and not intended to be cleaned and reused. The endoscope 1 comprises an elongated insertion tube 12. At the proximal end of the insertion tube 12 an operating handle 13 is arranged. The operating handle 13 has a control lever 14 for manoeuvring an articulated tip part 3 at the distal end of the insertion tube 12 by means of pull wires 15 (visible in fig. 2 only). The control lever 14 is secured by means of a removable securing clip 16 to be removed before use.
Turning now to fig. 2 details of the distal end of the insertion tube 12 with the articulated tip part 3 is shown, i.e. details from in the circle marked II in fig. 1. Some parts, such as an external sheath normally covering the articulated tip part 3, have been removed for clarity. The articulated tip part 3 comprises a number of segments 4, 5, 6. More specifically a distal end segment 4, a proximal end segment 6 (not visible in fig. 2) and a number of intermediate segments 5. The distal end segment 4 comprises a camera housing 30 with a lens system 17, light sources 18 by means of light emitting diodes as well as a tube 9. At an outer surface the camera housing has a recess 32 which extends in a longitudinal direction of the camera housing 30, i.e. from the distal end to the postal end of the camera housing 30. In the embodiment shown the recess is crescent-shaped and extends from the distal end to the postal end of an outer surface of the camera housing 30 and forms an open channel. The tube 9 is arranged so that the recess 30 accommodates and guides the tube 9 to a desired position at the camera housing 30. Preferably, an outer surface 11 of the tube 9 abuts the outer surface of the recess 30 as this may be advantageous during assembly of the distal end segment 4. In the embodiment of Fig. 2, the tube 9 is slightly withdrawn from the far distal end of the insertion tube 12 and the remaining part of the working channel towards the end surface of the insertion tube 12 is formed by a mandrel when moulding the components of the distal end segment to form a sealed substantially tubular tip part. However, the tube 9 may extend to the end surface of the insertion tube 12. The light sources are located laterally on the camera housing 30 substantially perpendicular to the outer surface with the recess 30. The tube 9 extends inside the insertion tube 12 all the way from the distal end seg- ment 4 to the operating handle 13 so as to form a working channel. The working channel may via a suction port on the handle (not visible) be connected to a standard external suction, e.g. wall suction present in hospital environment by means of an attached tube. The external suction may be activated by means of a push-button 20 on the operating handle. The distal end segment 4 comprising the camera housing 30, light sources 18, the distal end of the tube 9 and the circuit board 48 are moulded-in by means of plastic material, e.g. in a process similar to the one described in WO-A-2010/066790 incorporated herein by reference. Hence a sealed substantially tubular distal tip part is formed by moulding.
Fig. 3 shows a front view of a camera housing 30 according to the in- vention. The camera housing 30 is a moulded component comprising a lens system 17 of objective lenses located in a through-hole and surrounded by a wall. As shown the recess 32 of the camera housing 30 is crescent-shaped and an opposing part 31 of the outer surface of the camera housing 30 is substantially tubular shaped. The light sources are arranged laterally on the camera housing. Because of the shape of the recess 32, the wall thickness of the camera housing has a minimum at a centre plane 36 of the lens system 17.
As shown in Fig. 4 the camera housing 30 is arranged on a circuit board 48, which is in electrical communication with the operating handle 13. This may be achieved by means of electrical supply and signal wires. Preferably, the circuit board is a flexible circuit board adapted to bend and flex in several directions. Hence the electrical communication between the circuit board 48 may be pro- vided by having a main section 50 of the circuit board located in the distal end segment 4 from which a strip 57 of flexible circuit board with circuit board tracks 58 extends to the operating handle 13.
Fig. 5 and 6 shows embodiments with tubes 9 of different sizes. In the embodiment shown schematically in Fig . 5 the outer diameter of the distal end segment 4 is about 5 mm and the inner diameter of the tube is about 2.5 mm. In the embodiment shown schematically in Fig. 6 the outer diameter of the distal end segment 4 is about 4 mm and the inner diameter of the tube is about 1.2 mm.
Fig . 7 shows a flexible circuit board 48 according to an advantageous embodiment. The flexible circuit board 48 comprises a main segment 50 with a first side portion 52 on which the camera housing 17 is arranged, and the first side portion 52 may be angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the main section 50 as illustrated in Fig. 4. The camera housing 30 is arranged on the first side section 52, which comprises second lateral side sections 54 angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the first side section 52. The second lateral side sections 54 each has a third side section 56 on which the light sources 18 are arranged. The third side sections 56 are angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the second side section 54 as illustrated on Fig. 3. The configuration of the camera housing and the flexible circuit board allows them to be packet together with the tube 9 in a substantially tubular distal end segment 4 of the articulated tip part. Evidently, the flexible circuit board 48 of Fig. 7 may have a strip 57 of flexible circuit board as depicted and explained in relation to Fig. 4.
The skilled person will understand that many variations and deviations from the above exemplary embodiments are possible without parting from the gist of the invention.

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1. An endoscope (1) comprising an elongated insertion tube (12) with an operating handle (13) arranged at a proximal end and a distal end segment (4) at a distal end of the elongated insertion tube (12), the distal end segment (4) comprises a light source (18) and a camera housing (30) with a lens system (17), and a tube (9) extending from the operating handle (13) to the distal end segment (4) and forming a working channel, characterized in that an outer surface of the camera housing (30) comprises a recess (32) accommodating and guiding the tube (9).
2. An endoscope (1) according to claim 1, wherein the recess (32) is configured so that the thickness of the camera housing (30) is at a minimum at a centre plane (36) of the lens system (17).
3. An endoscope (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the camera housing (17) is arranged on a flexible circuit board (48), which extends inside the insertion tube (12) from the operating handle (13) to the distal end segment (4).
4. An endoscope (1) according to claim 1 to 3, wherein the camera housing (30) is arranged on a flexible circuit board (48), which comprises a main section (50) with a first side portion (52) on which the camera housing (17) is arranged, and the first side portion (52) is angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the main section (50).
5. An endoscope (1) according to claim 4, wherein the first side section (52) comprises a second side section (54) angled substantially 90 degrees with respect to the first side section (52).
6. An endoscope (1) according to claim 5, wherein the second side sec- tion (54) comprises a third side section (56), which is ang led substantially 90 degrees with respect to the second side section (54) and on which the light source (18) is arranged.
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