Patent ID: 8221307

Claim:
An electronic endoscope of the type comprising: a distal end comprising an illumination means and an electronic image acquisition means; a probe having a first end and an opposite second end, the first end connected to the distal end; and control means connected to the second end of the probe, the control means comprising a battery as a generator of electric current for the supply of electric current to the endoscope, the probe connecting electrically the control means to the illumination means and the electronic image acquisition means, the control means being free of a light source, wherein the probe comprises a plastically malleable portion configured to preserve, under the effect of a weight of the probe when the endoscope is in use, a shape provided by an operator, said malleable portion carrying the distal end of the endoscope, wherein the malleable portion comprises at least one rod which is produced from a malleable material, said material and the cross-section of said at least one rod being suitable so that said at least one rod confers the desired plasticity on the malleable portion, and wherein said at least one rod comprises a material that conducts the electrical current, said at least one rod connecting electrically the battery to the illumination means.