Patent ID: 7220226

Claim:
An operating device designed to be removably fixed onto an endoscopic probe handle including an internal operating channel, having an input opening up in a distal part of the handle, said operating device comprising: a means for inserting operating instruments, including an instrument insertion conduit having a distal end comprising means for connecting the instrument insertion conduit to the operating channel input, and a proximal end which forms an instrument input for the operating device, and a suction assembly comprising a suction conduit communicating with the insertion conduit and a control means for selectively connecting the suction conduit to a pump, to suck out fluids through the operating channel, a connecting conduit putting the suction conduit into communication with the insertion conduit, the connecting conduit having a length such that when the operating device is fixed on an endoscopic probe handle, the suction control means is positioned close to the control means of said handle located in a proximal part of said handle, and an additional attachment means located at the suction assembly and designed to cooperate with complementary attachment means provided on the proximal part of the handle.