US 12,185,917 B2
Endoscope having power transmission unit
Chi Won Lee, Namyangju-si (KR); Myung Joon Kim, Gwacheon-si (KR); and Suk Gyu Koh, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to MEDINTECH INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/288,181
Filed by MEDINTECH INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 5, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/019623
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/106767, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 15, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0174956 (KR), filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0237887 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/0052 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00027 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscope comprising:
a connector configured to be coupled to a device having a power source to receive power from the power source of the device;
a main frame supporting a power receiving part;
power transmission cables disposed on one side of the main frame and configured to transmit power to a bendable section;
a rotating structure rotatably coupled to the main frame and configured to receive rotational force in response to a movement of the slider; and
a chain-slider assembly configured to work in concert with the rotating structure to transmit power to the power transmission cables,
wherein the main frame comprises a vertical frame and a horizontal frame, the power receiving part is supported on the vertical frame, and the rotating structure and the chain-slider assembly are disposed on the horizontal frame,
wherein the connector comprises the power receiving part comprising a slider configured to move by receiving power from the power source of the device and a sliding rail on which the slider moves, and stoppers provided on both ends of the sliding rail to limit a range of power reception of the power receiving part so that a bending angle of a bendable section is allowed within a predetermined range even in a case that the power source malfunctions,
wherein the slider moves on the sliding rail in a first direction or a second direction,
a first slider and a first sliding rail have a rail structure allowing the first slider to move thereon within the first sliding rail,
the connector is coupled to the device in a direction different from the first direction and the second direction, and
a rear support is provided to support the slider from behind in order so that when the connector is coupled to the device in a different direction, a backward movement of the slider that has been pushed backward due to a gap of the rail structure is stopped at a predetermined position, whereby the rail structure is protected.