CPC A61B 1/051 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00174 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); G02B 23/2484 (2013.01); G02B 23/2461 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
1. An optical housing for a distal end of an endoscope shaft comprising:
a molded member configured to partially enclose a camera sensor and a light source, to fix a non-zero angular position of the camera sensor and light source with respect to a longitudinal axis of a distal end of the endoscope shaft, and to secure the camera sensor and light source within a distal end of a cylindrical sheath comprising the endoscope shaft;
the molded member having an insertion portion that comprises an outer diameter that is disposed within at least a portion of an internal surface of the endoscope shaft and locates the insertion portion of molded member within the distal end of the endoscope shaft;
wherein the molded member comprises a plurality of open channels on an external surface of the molded member that when covered by the internal surface of the endoscope shaft define one or more liquid flowpaths between a fluid channel in the endoscope shaft and one or more apertures at the distal end of the endoscope shaft.
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