US 11,938,662 B2
Tip part assembly for an endoscope
Morten Sørensen, Ballerup (DK)
Assigned to AMBU A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed by Ambu A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/013,463.
Claims priority of application No. 19195989 (EP), filed on Sep. 6, 2019; application No. 19195995 (EP), filed on Sep. 6, 2019; application No. 19195996 (EP), filed on Sep. 6, 2019; and application No. 19195998 (EP), filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0068641 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 45/14 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/14467 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00094 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); A61B 1/009 (2022.02); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/051 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0097 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7546 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscope comprising:
a tip assembly having a proximal end opposite a distal end and including:
a working channel extending in a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction extending from the proximal end toward the distal end;
a camera assembly including a flexible printed circuit and a camera module, the camera module having an image sensor and a lens and extending in the longitudinal direction, the camera module positioned above the working channel in a top-down direction and having a proximal connection surface; and
a flexible printed circuit support having a proximal end, a distal end, and a symmetry plane passing through the camera module and a longitudinally extending center line of the working channel, the proximal end comprising a longitudinal portion having a first lateral surface laying on a plane, the distal end including a first lobe extending laterally relative to the symmetry plane further than the camera module and the plane on which the first lateral surface lies,
wherein the flexible printed circuit comprises a first portion overlapping the proximal connection surface, a second portion, and a first fold extending laterally, relative to the top-down direction, from the first portion and toward the proximal end, and
wherein the first fold curves about the first lobe.