US 12,239,286 B2
Cordless disposable endoscope
Andrew Ryan Sharp, Irvine, CA (US); and Siddharth Balvantrai Desai, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to Integrated Endoscopy, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Integrated Endoscopy, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/354,600.
Application 18/354,600 is a continuation of application No. 16/812,681, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,737,648.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/816,758, filed on Mar. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008714 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00062 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00029 (2013.01); A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00103 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00112 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01); A61L 2/206 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cordless endoscope, comprising:
a cordless housing that defines an ergonomic handpiece sized to be held between a palm and one or more fingers of a user's hand, the cordless housing having a first housing portion that removably couples to a second housing portion along respective edges of the first housing portion and the second housing portion to define the cordless housing;
an endoscope tube that extends distally of the cordless housing, the endoscope tube linearly extending to a distal end about an axis transverse to the ergonomic handpiece; and
electronics housed in a compartment of the cordless housing, a first part of the compartment defined within the first housing portion and a second part of the compartment defined within the second housing portion, the electronics configured to operate one or more light sources disposed at the distal end of the endoscope tube, the electronics comprising one or more batteries and a printed circuit board, the electronics extending within the first part of the compartment and the second part of the compartment,
wherein the cordless housing defines a connector configured to removably couple with a cannula connector of a cannula when the endoscope tube is inserted through the cannula, the connector formed at a distal end of the cordless housing, and wherein the cordless housing is rotatable about the axis of the endoscope tube.