Patent ID: 8262561
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscope with hygiene protection, comprising: an endoscope having a flexible tube, a lens and fibers therein; a cover closed at a distal end and transmissible for optical information, at least on a front face of said cover, the cover being configured to be pushed onto said endoscope and capable of being rolled and unrolled in an axial direction of said endoscope, said cover including a material that is airtight, watertight and impermeable to pathological microorganisms; said cover including its own working channel extending parallel to said endoscope and terminating in an open mode at said distal end of said cover, said working channel being connected only to said distal end of said cover and positioned between an outer surface of said endoscope and an inside of said cove, connection of said cover to said working channel to said distal end of said cover being made airtight, watertight and impermeable to pathological microorganisms; and, said cover further consisting of only a single vacuum channel connected to means for applying sub-atmospheric pressure to said single vacuum channel during use of said endoscope, said single vacuum channel being positioned between the outer surface of said endoscope and said inside of said cover and parallel to said working channel, said single vacuum channel having at least one opening including additional side openings terminating at said inside of said cover for pressing said cover onto said endoscope via application of sub-atmospheric pressure, said single vacuum channel being a dedicated vacuum channel that is a different channel from said working channel.