Confocal endoscope with fixing device
US11944264B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2021 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B1/07
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to the technical field of endoscopes, and discloses a confocal endoscope with a fixing device. The confocal endoscope includes an insertion tube, a flexible tube, a plurality of airbag assemblies, and a pressure supply assembly, where the flexible tube is slidably sleeved on the insertion tube, a plurality of containing units are formed in an outer wall of the flexible tube in an axial direction and are distributed in the axial direction of the flexible tube at intervals, each containing unit includes a plurality of containing grooves evenly distributed in a circumferential direction of the flexible tube, and the outer wall of the flexible tube is concaved inwards to form the containing grooves; the airbag assemblies and the containing units are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode, each airbag assembly includes a plurality of elastic airbags, the elastic airbags and the containing grooves are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode, and the elastic airbags are connected to inner walls of the containing grooves; the pressure supply assembly is selectively communicated with the elastic airbags of one or more airbag assemblies and configured…
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