Patent ID: 9398838
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An endoscope, comprising: a catheter comprising a hard tube and a soft tube, said hard tube having a first outer wall; a steering handle assembly comprising a tubular handle sleeve, a rotary handle, and a tubular handle base, said rotary handle comprising a rotating shaft, and said tubular handle base having a second outer wall; and a pipe connector; wherein: said soft tube comprises a distal end adapted to interface with a patient's body, a proximal end, and a plurality of channels extending from said distal end to said proximal end; one of said plurality of channels accommodates a steering steel wire, and said steering steel wire is connected to said distal end; said steering handle assembly is adapted to stretch said steering steel wire, whereby said steering steel wire bends said distal end; said hard tube is movably sleeved on said soft tube; said soft tube is adapted to extend out of said hard tube, to retract into said hard tube, and to rotate about said hard tube; said tubular handle sleeve is sleeved on said tubular handle base; a guiding groove is axially disposed on said second outer wall; a sliding block is disposed on said tubular handle sleeve, and said sliding block is adapted to slide along said guiding groove; said tubular handle sleeve is adapted to move axially about said tubular handle base by sliding said sliding block along said guiding groove; said tubular handle sleeve controls said soft tube to extend out of said hard tube or to retract into said hard tube when said tubular handle sleeve moves axially about said tubular handle base; said tubular handle sleeve is adapted to rotate about said tubular handle base; said rotating shaft is disposed on said tubular handle base; a rotating wheel is disposed on said rotating shaft and in said tubular handle base; said steering steel wire is fixed on said rotating wheel; said rotating wheel stretches said steering steel wire and bends said distal end when said rotary handle rotates about said rotating shaft; said hard tube is fixedly connected to said tubular handle sleeve; said pipe connector is positioned in said tubular handle base and is fixedly connected to said tubular handle base; said proximal end is fixedly connected to said pipe connector; said pipe connector comprises a plurality of first ports for communicating with said plurality of channels; and said tubular handle base comprises a plurality of second ports for communicating with said plurality of first ports.