Patent ID: 6210322
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An adapter apparatus for a disposable water bottle for an endoscope comprising:a cap having threads suitable for attachment to threads on the neck of a water bottle;an outer tube affixed to an opening in said cap;an inner tube extending through said outer tube, said inner tube forming an air passing annulus on an interior of said outer tube, said inner tube extending outwardly of an end of said outer tube and through said opening in said cap;a fitting non-removably affixed to an end of said inner and outer tubes opposite said cap; andan adapter body removably affixed to said fitting, said adapter member having a first female connector and a second female connector, said adapter body having a receptacle formed at one end thereof, said adapter body having an opposite end for connection to an air line and a water line of an endoscope, said fitting affixed in fluid-tight relationship within said receptacle of said adapter body, each of said first and second female connectors opening in side-by-side spaced relationship at said opposite end of said adapter body, said adapter body having a water channel communicating with said second female connector and extending through said adapter body so as to open at said one end of said adapter body and connected with an interior of said inner tube through said fitting, said adapter body having an air passing channel communicating with said first female connector and extending through said adapter body so as to open at said one end of said adapter body and connect with said air passing annulus, said inner tube being interior of said air passing annulus within said fitting, said adapter body being formed of a generally transparent rigid polymeric material.