Patent ID: 8647262

Claim:
A videoarthroscope comprising: a camera head with camera control buttons arranged as continuous rings around the camera head, wherein the camera control buttons control operation of an imager; a scope shaft, extending from the camera head; a deflectable tip at the end of the scope shaft, the deflectable tip terminating in a 30 degree angled objective lens and a single flexible portion located between the deflectable tip and the scope shaft; the imager being mounted at a distal end of the deflectable tip; and a removable window arranged at the distal end of the angled objective lens of the deflectable tip, such that the imager can take images through the window, wherein the deflectable tip is allowed a complete 360 degree rotation along a longitudinal axis by use of a steering mechanism comprising a single deflection handle and a single steering post, wherein the steering mechanism bends the single flexible portion of the deflectable tip, and wherein the single deflection handle deflects the deflectable tip a minimum of 90 degrees and wherein the single steering post is capable of a complete 360 degree rotation to allow the deflectable tip of the videoarthroscope to be steered in the up, down, left or right direction or in any other direction of its complete 360 degree rotation.