公开(公告)号：US20240358234A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18612289

申请日：2024-03-21

申请人： Covidien LP

发明人： Shai Tofach ,  Chenghao Bi ,  Derek S. Tata

IPC分类号： A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/005 ,  A61B1/018 ,  A61B1/05

CPC分类号： A61B1/0011 ,  A61B1/00097 ,  A61B1/00114 ,  A61B1/00124 ,  A61B1/0057 ,  A61B1/018 ,  A61B1/05

摘要： The present technology relates to articulating endoscopes and methods for manufacturing articulating endoscopes. An example endoscope includes an outer jacket extending a length of the endoscope; an outer wall, interior to the outer jacket, of an extrusion extending at least 80% of the length of the endoscope and ending at a bendable region of the endoscope; an inner wall, interior to the outer wall, extending at least 90% of a length of the endoscope and through the bendable region, the inner wall defining a working channel through the endoscope; a plurality of fins extending from the inner wall to the outer wall and defining a plurality of auxiliary channels between the inner wall and the outer wall; a first pull wire extending through a first auxiliary channel of the plurality of auxiliary channels; and a second pull wire extending through a second auxiliary channel of the plurality of auxiliary channels.