US 12,082,778 B2
Endoscope head
Stefan Kolberg, Friedberg-Bachern (DE); Anh Minh Do, Munich (DE); Thomas Viebach, Waidhofen (DE); Tilman Schröter, Olching (DE); Alex Fett, Augsburg (DE); Harald Huber, Augsburg (DE); Wolfgang Mayer, Nördlingen (DE); and Marc Henzler, Mühlheim/Donau (DE)
Assigned to Digital Endoscopy GmbH, Friedberg (DE)
Filed by Digital Endoscopy GmbH, Friedberg (DE)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,755.
Application 17/452,755 is a continuation of application No. 15/114,056, granted, now 11,278,187, previously published as PCT/EP2015/079079, filed on Dec. 9, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 102015113016.5 (DE), filed on Aug. 7, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0047149 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00098 (2013.01) [A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/00177 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscope comprising an endoscope head body in which at least one working channel is formed, wherein,
said endoscope head body comprises:
an extension portion which extends from the endoscope head body towards a distal side, wherein at the extension portion a camera or an illumination means is provided;
a supporting member which extends from the endoscope head body towards a distal side, wherein the supporting member is separate and detachable from the endoscope head body, wherein at the supporting member a receiving bore is provided on a surface of the supporting member;
a pivot member inserted into said receiving bore, wherein at the pivot member a pivot lever arm and a rotation shaft are provided, and wherein said rotation shaft is rotatably supported at said supporting member, and said rotation shaft is actuatable from a proximal side; and
an Albarran lever detachably mountable to and demountable from said pivot lever arm,
wherein said pivot lever arm projects from said supporting member towards said extension portion,
wherein the endoscope head further comprises a cap which can be distally slid onto the endoscope head,
wherein said Albarran lever is arranged inside said cap such that the Albarran lever pivots relative to said cap, and said cap comprises an opening which corresponds to said endoscope head body, and
wherein when said cap is sliding from the endoscope head to the distal direction, said Albarran lever is displaced from the pivot lever arm.