Arrangement for the sterile handling of non-sterile units in a sterile environment

US11547282B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• avateramedical GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Fabian Weise · Berlin, DE
• Martin Luck · Eßlingen, DE
• Hartmut Vogelsang · Jena, DE
• Peter Preuss · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2023
• Expiry date: May 16, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R2201/12
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An arrangement for the sterile handling of a non-sterile endoscope in a sterile environment comprises a sterile endoscope sheath for accommodating the endoscope and a cable via which the endoscope is connectable to a control unit, the arrangement further comprising a sterile cable sheath for accommodating at least a portion of the cable, wherein the endoscope sheath comprises a first sterile lock comprising at least one first sterile flap which in the closed state shields the endoscope arranged in the endoscope sheath in a sterile manner. The cable sheath comprises a second sterile lock having a second sterile flap which in a closed state shields the cable arranged in the cable sheath and/or a plug connector present on the arranged cable in a sterile manner. When connecting the cable or the plug connector to the endoscope, a movement of the first sterile flap from the closed state into an open state takes place and a movement of the second sterile flap from the closed state into an open state takes place so that a direct coupling of the cable to the endoscope or of the plug connector connected to the cable to a complementary plug connector of the endoscope is possible.