Patent ID: 7223230

Claim:
An endoscopic accessory and control system therefor comprising: an endoscopic accessory having an operating device mountable to the distal portion of an endoscope; a control handle configured to be removably mounted to the shaft of an endoscope and for movement lengthwise of the shaft; the control handle having a proximal end and a distal end; a control element extending from the control handle to the operating device, the control handle including at least one operator control associated with the control element by which the control element may be operated to control operation of the operating device; the control handle being slidable relative to the control element while remaining operatively connected to the control element; the control handle being constructed to enable the user to simultaneously grip and manipulate both the endoscope shaft and the control handle with a single hand; one end of the control element extending from the proximal end of the handle and defining a proximally extending loop, the other end of the control element extending from the loop through a guideway in the handle and out of the distal end of the handle, the handle being slidable along the distally extending portion of the control member when the handle and accessory are mounted on the endoscope.