US 12,458,214 B2
Endoscope
Morten Sørensen, Ballerup (DK)
Assigned to AMBU A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Appl. No. 18/029,462
Filed by AMBU A/S, Ballerup (DK)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/076926
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/069619, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20199519 (EP), filed on Oct. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346208 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/008 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/018 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00018 (2013.01); A61B 1/008 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscope comprising:
a handle;
an insertion tube including a tip part at a distal end thereof, the tip part including a housing, the housing including:
a housing centre axis (C),
an outer diameter (D),
at least one section having a cylindrical circumferential surface, and
a working channel passage comprised of a working channel passage wall having a working channel passage inner wall surface, the working channel passage having a distal end and a proximal end comprising a proximal end face surface, the working channel passage also having a working channel passage centre axis, and the working channel passage inner wall surface comprising at least one inner surface wall section having rotational symmetry about the working channel passage centre axis and extending at least partially between the proximal end and the distal end of the working channel passage; and
a working channel tube extending from the handle through the insertion tube and having a distal end, the working channel tube having a distal end face surface adjacent the proximal end face surface of the working channel passage with a layer of adhesive between them forming a connection between the working channel tube and the working channel passage of the housing,
wherein the distal end of the working channel tube is arranged at a non-zero angle to the housing centre axis (C).