Patent ID: 11937782
Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An endoscope control device comprising
a control body holder,
a joystick-like control element for effecting a deflection movement, and
at least one control wire guided through the control body holder and transmitting the deflection movement of the control element to an element to be controlled in the endoscope, wherein:
the control element extends from the control body holder in a proximal direction, and the at least one control wire is fixed to the control element in a manner spaced from the control body holder,
the control element comprises an elastic rod element which is bendable upon actuation of the control element so as to effect a deflection movement,
centrally along the longitudinal extension on the outer circumference of the elastic rod element, the elastic rod element has parallel discs extending outwards in the radial direction,
in the area of the outer circumferential edge of the elastic rod, adjacent discs are connected by bridging portions,
each bridging portion is formed at adjacent discs such that circumferential edge portions of the adjacent discs are bendable toward each other on the side diametrically opposite to the bridging portion, and
the bridging portions are arranged offset from disc to disc by 90 degrees in the circumferential direction.