Patent ID: 6878106
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A deformable endoscope comprising a closed fiberscope part housing at least one light/image transmission passage and at least one work channel, at least one additional instrument, the fiberscope part being separable from the at least one additional instrument, a holding device including at least one permanent magnet associated with one of the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument and at least one counter-element made of magnetic material associated with the other one of the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument, the holding device holding and/or guiding the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument relative to one another, the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument forming a unit when not separated from each other which has a non-round cross-section along a longitudinal insertion section that is to be introduced into a body orifice, the permanent magnet and the at least one counter-element being displaceable relative to one another in a longitudinal direction of the unit for longitudinally displacing the fiberscope part and the at least one additional instrument relative to each other.