US 11,986,152 B2
Endoscope cap, endoscope and method of manufacturing endoscope cap
Yoshitsugu Hosogoe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/717,468.
Application 17/717,468 is a continuation of application No. 15/568,748, abandoned, previously published as PCT/JP2017/025966, filed on Jul. 18, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-141763 (JP), filed on Jul. 19, 2016; and application No. 2016-141764 (JP), filed on Jul. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233058 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00098 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); G02B 23/24 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
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1. An endoscope cap comprising:
a cover having an opening end and having a bottomed cylindrical shape which makes the opening end attachable to and detachable from a distal end of an insertion part of an endoscope and having a first fixing projection provided on an internal surface of a cylindrical part in an axial direction of the cylindrical part;
a pedestal formed separately from the cover and having a first wall and a second wall, the second wall being a rectangular plate attached to an internal surface of the cover, the first wall rising from one of long sides of the second wall and being penetrated by an elevator attachment hole, the second wall having a pedestal edge projection that projects along one of long sides of a surface opposite to a surface on which the first wall rises, the pedestal edge projection being disposed so as to abut against the first fixing projection;
an elevator located inside the cover and having an elevator shaft inserted into the elevator attachment hole, an elevating part protruding in a direction intersecting the elevator shaft, and a connection concave part being opened at an opening end side of the elevating part and connected to a lever provided at the endoscope, the elevator being pivotable around the elevator shaft with respect to the pedestal; and
wherein the cover includes two of the first fixing projections projecting in a direction facing each other,
the pedestal includes two of the pedestal edge projections projecting along both of the long sides of the second wall, and
the pedestal edge projections are respectively engaged with the first fixing projections.