Sterile sheath for confocal endomicroscopy scanner probe

US11559189B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE
• Optiscan PTY Ltd. · AU

Inventors

• Gerald Panitz · Bopfingen, DE
• Robert Alan Pattie · Nyora, AU
• Peter Maxwell Delaney · Melbourne, AU
• Christopher Gerard Byrne · Cockatoo, AU
• Selene Rodd-Routley · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 24, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/247
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sterile sheath and methods for enclosing a confocal endomicroscopy (CEM) scanner probe with the sterile sheath are provided. The scanner probe includes a probe shaft, a probe tip, a probe body, and a probe umbilical. The sterile sheath for enclosing the CEM scanner probe includes a sheath tube configured to receive the probe shaft and has a distal tube end, a proximal tube end, a sheath tip mounted at the distal tube end of the sheath tube, and a sheath socket configured to receive the probe body. The sheath socket has a distal socket end and a proximal socket end. The proximal tube end of the sheath tube is fixed to the sheath socket at the distal socket end. The sterile sheath further includes a sheath lock ring and a sheath drape mounted on the sheath socket at the proximal socket end with the sheath lock ring.