US 12,268,368 B2
Medical visualisation device
Jan Guldberg Hansen, Greve (DK); Kaspar Mat Matthison-Hansen, Helsingør (DK); Jonas Hjortlund, Copenhagen (DK); Felix-Johannes Abicht, Munich (DE); Günter Wilhelm Schütz, Augsburg (DE); and Anja Katrin Dillinger, Aindling (DE)
Assigned to AMBU A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed by AMBU A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/666,316.
Application 17/666,316 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/EP2021/061289, filed on Apr. 29, 2021.
Application 17/666,316 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/EP2021/061001, filed on Apr. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 111 886.4 (DE), filed on Apr. 30, 2020; and application No. 2020 70273 (DK), filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151480 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/273 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/2736 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00098 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical visualization device comprising:
an insertion tube;
a tip part extending distally from the insertion tube, the tip part including a housing, an instrument elevator rotatably supported by the housing, a light emitting device having an optical axis, and a camera having a field of view; and
a control wire extending through the insertion tube to the instrument elevator, wherein translation of the control wire causes the instrument elevator to rotate,
wherein the housing is transparent in X-ray images and comprises an instrument opening and a secondary opening opposite the instrument opening;
wherein the camera is positioned within the housing;
wherein the light emitting device is positioned within the housing with the optical axis aimed to illuminate at least a portion of the field of view of the camera;
wherein the instrument elevator comprises a radiopacity agent; and
wherein the instrument elevator comprises at least 70% polyoxymethylene (POM).