Patent ID: 8678999

Claim:
A hysteroscope comprising: a base having a longitudinal axis; a handle attached to said base and extending substantially perpendicular to said base, said handle having a first trigger and a second trigger, wherein the second trigger has a front handle portion and a back handle portion; an outer barrel having a plurality of channels extending from a proximate end of said outer barrel to a distal end of said outer barrel, where said outer barrel is attached to said base and where the longitudinal axis of the base and the longitudinal axis of the outer barrel are collinear; a joint along said outer barrel; a third trigger in communication with said joint for deflecting or rotating a distal portion of the outer barrel at said joint, said third trigger attached to said base and provided at a front of said handle in a location between the outer barrel and the first and second triggers, said third trigger being slidable along the base and displaceable from a first position to a second position along the longitudinal axis of the base, where the third trigger is able to be actuated in both the first position and the second position; an actuatable tool located within at least one of the channels; wherein the first trigger is in communication with the actuatable tool for extending the tool from within the at least one channel; and wherein the second trigger is in communication with the actuatable tool for actuating a head of the tool; wherein the first and second triggers are displaceable in a direction along a length of said outer barrel, said front handle portion and said back handle portion being cooperatively operable so that in a closed position said front handle portion is flush against said back handle portion.