Patent ID: 8469880
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A61B,A61M,F16L

Abstract:
1. A hose arrangement for an endoscope, comprising a disposable hose which surrounds a working passage and having endoscope fastening means for the fastening of the disposable hose to an endoscope, wherein the endoscope fastening means have a fixing device by which the disposable hose is rotationally fixedly and axially fixedly attachable to a distal end of the endoscope; wherein the endoscope fastening means furthermore have at least one guide device by which the disposable hose can be displaceably fastened to a respective section of the endoscope spaced apart from the distal end of the endoscope; and wherein the hose arrangement includes a closure cap which is connected to a distal end of the disposable hose and which comprises the fixing device, wherein the disposable hose additionally surrounds at least one flushing passage, with the closure cap having an outlet opening of the flushing passage which is arranged offset to distal with respect to said fixing device, and with the closure cap having an opening of the working passage which is likewise arranged offset to distal with respect to said fixing device, wherein the outlet opening of the flushing passage is arranged distally adjacent to said fixing device, wherein the opening of the working passage is arranged offset to distal relative to the outlet opening of the flushing passage, wherein said closure cap comprises a first cylindrical tube and a second cylindrical tube, said first and second tubes being axially spaced and radially spaced from each other so that only a portion of a proximal end of said first tube overlaps only a portion of a distal end of said second tube, said proximal end of said first tube dimensioned for connection with said disposable hose and said second tube dimensioned to receive said distal end of said endoscope thus forming said fixing device, and at least one connection web extending laterally between said overlapping portions of said first and second tubes, a first end of said connection web being attached to said first tube and a second end of said connection web being attached to said second tube to thereby attach said first and second tubes together, and wherein said first tube, said second tube and said at least one connection web being of a one piece construction.