US 12,226,078 B2
EUS valve assemblies
Rapheal Still, Richmond Heights, OH (US); and Gary E. Mann, Painesville, OH (US)
Assigned to UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC., Mentor, OH (US)
Filed by UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC., Mentor, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/951,343.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/936,921, filed on Nov. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0145261 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/015 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00068 (2013.01); A61B 1/00094 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscopy valve assembly comprising:
an air and water (AW) valve; and
an endcap configured to receive at least a portion of the AW valve therebetween;
wherein the AW valve includes:
a valve stem; and
an AW stem having a channel extending distally from an opening in a proximal end of the AW stem, a proximal portion including a plurality of openings, and a distal end operable to be at least partially disposed within a valve stem opening at a proximal end of the valve stem to assemble the AW valve;
wherein the AW stem and the valve stem are each formed of a single piece construction;
wherein the channel of the AW stem terminates proximally to the valve stem when the AW valve is assembled; and
wherein the proximal portion of the AW stem abuts the valve stem when the distal end is disposed within the valve stem.