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Endoscopic instrument system

US9433342B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Silvana Perretta · Strasbourg, FR
Bernard Dallemagne · Chaudfontaine, BE
Uwe Bacher · Tuttlingen, DE
Sabine Zahler · Ebersberg, DE
Sebastian Wagner · Tangxia, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 6, 2011
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 19, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/2919
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An endoscopic instrument system for performing endoscopic interventions via a natural access path, including a flexible endoscope with an endoscope handle and an elongate endoscope shaft introducible into a hollow space in a body, wherein the endoscope shaft includes a steerable end section and at least one instrument channel, and also includes an endoscopic instrument with a handle, an elongate instrument shaft and a tool which can be actuated by a pull and/or push element arranged within the instrument shaft and connected to the handle and to the tool, wherein the endoscopic instrument can be introduced into the instrument channel for conducting manipulations in the hollow space in the body, and wherein the instrument shaft includes a continuous flexible tube that is connected, such that it is rotationally fixed, to the handle and to the tool with respect to a longitudinal direction of the tube.

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