US 12,458,213 B2
Endoscope with enhanced steering wire arrangement
Günter Wilhelm Schütz, Augsburg (DE); Kaspar Matthison-Hansen, Helsingør (DK); Thomas Bachgaard Jensen, Copenhagen (DK); and Helga Künzl, Kissing (DE)
Assigned to AMBU A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Appl. No. 17/922,031
Filed by AMBU A/S, Ballerup (DK)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/061316
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/219811, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 111 889.9 (DE), filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0165444 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/005 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/0057 (2013.01) [A61B 1/0055 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. An endoscope comprising:
a first manipulator wheel;
a second manipulator wheel;
an insertion tube having a proximal end and a distal end;
a deflecting element located at the distal end of the insertion tube, the deflecting element being steerable and comprising a plurality of segments interconnected by hinges;
an endoscope tip distally arranged at the deflecting element;
a first steering wire having a first portion, a second portion and an intermediate portion between the first portion and the second portion,
a second steering wire having a first portion, a second portion and an intermediate portion between the first portion and the second portion,
wherein a proximal end of the first portion of the first steering wire and a proximal end of the second portion of the first steering wire are attached, respectively, to the first manipulator wheel and to the second manipulator wheel,
wherein the intermediate portion of the first steering wire is attached to the deflecting element and/or to the endoscope tip, and
wherein the intermediate portion of the first steering wire is at least in part received in a clearance provided at or in a distal end portion of the deflecting element.