US 12,185,910 B2
Method for manufacturing a tip housing
Erik Øllgaard Vilhelmsen, Espergærde (DK); and Morten Sørensen, Ballerup (DK)
Assigned to AMBU A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed by Ambu A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/579,294.
Application 17/579,294 is a division of application No. 16/352,437, filed on Mar. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,291,352.
Claims priority of application No. 18161746 (EP), filed on Mar. 14, 2018; application No. 18161752 (EP), filed on Mar. 14, 2018; application No. 18161762 (EP), filed on Mar. 14, 2018; application No. 19161893 (EP), filed on Mar. 11, 2019; application No. 19161898 (EP), filed on Mar. 11, 2019; and application No. 19161907 (EP), filed on Mar. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133133 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00096 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00103 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); B29C 45/16 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0026 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tip housing for a distal tip of a disposable endoscope, said tip housing comprising:
a circumferential wall comprising a first polymer material that is opaque and having a distal end and a proximal end;
a support wall integrally formed with the circumferential wall at the distal end and defining a longitudinal receptacle, the support wall comprising the first polymer material; and
a window comprising a second polymer material that is transparent and fused with the first polymer material, the window comprising an inner surface and an outer surface and being positioned at least in part within the longitudinal receptacle; and
a light source window integrally formed with the window and comprising the second material,
wherein the circumferential wall and the window define an inner spacing adapted to accommodate a light source and an electronic vision device having a field of view directed at the inner surface of the window, and
wherein the light source window is longitudinally aligned with the light source after assembly.