Patent ID: 11931000
Assignee: THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A vertebral endoscopic device comprising:
an endoscope body having;
a working sleeve part, the working sleeve part having a working channel and an open channel, wherein the working channel and the open channel are through-holes elongated in a longitudinal direction of the endoscope body and are configured to accommodate a surgical instrument, and the open channel is defined by a circular arc opening corresponding to a predetermined angle with respect to a circumferential direction of the working channel, and
a manipulation part having,
a handle including,
an elongated handheld structure having a through-hole therein, and
a guide protruded in an opposite direction from the elongated handheld structure and connected to the working channel and the open channel,

wherein the guide has a greater external dimension than the working sleeve part, the guide has a pair of incline planes expanding in parallel to imaginary lines, which define the open channel at the predetermined angle with respect to the circumferential direction of the working channel, and
wherein the surgical instrument inserted into the working channel is exposed to outside through the open channel; and

a cover having:
a closed portion and an open portion, wherein the closed portion and the open portion have a structure surrounding the working sleeve part, and
a lever disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the cover,

wherein the cover is configured to rotate around the working sleeve part around a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the endoscope as an axis by rotating the lever to selectively open or close the open channel of the endoscope body.