US 12,324,564 B2
Protective sleeve
Gunnar Loske, Ahrensburg (DE)
Assigned to Lohmann & Rauscher GmbH, Vienna (AT)
Appl. No. 17/266,297
Filed by Lohmann & Rauscher GmbH, Vienna (AT)
PCT Filed Jul. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/068131
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/030353, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2018 104 602.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298578 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00135 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective sleeve for use with an endoscopy device, wherein the protective sleeve comprises:
a tubular hollow body that extends along a longitudinal axis, wherein the tubular hollow body includes:
a distal opening on a distal end that is insertable into a human or animal body; and
a proximal opening at a proximal end that is opposite to the distal end, the proximal end configured to removably receive the endoscopy device therein; and
a holding arrangement coupled with the hollow body, wherein the holding arrangement is in a region of the proximal opening for holding the protective sleeve;
wherein the wall of the hollow body is reinforced with a wire helix that includes a metal wire;
wherein the hollow body and the holding arrangement have a same material, and the holding arrangement is made of a transparent material or a semi-transparent material; and
wherein the holding arrangement includes a grippable element in which at least a portion of a finger of a user may be at least partially inserted during use.