US 11,717,141 B2
Endoscope and method of use
Csaba Truckai, Saratoga, CA (US); Akos Toth, Cupertino, CA (US); Gabor Papp, Budapest (HU); Kornel Horvath, Budapest (HU); Katalin Levai, Budapest (HU); and Britta Nelson, Loomis, CA (US)
Assigned to Meditrina, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Meditrina, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,936.
Application 16/562,069 is a division of application No. 16/022,521, filed on Jun. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,433,717, issued on Oct. 8, 2019.
Application 17/307,936 is a continuation of application No. 16/562,069, filed on Sep. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,019,987.
Prior Publication US 2021/0251475 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/018 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00018 (2013.01); A61B 1/00042 (2022.02); A61B 1/00094 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/00052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/00174 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscope comprising:
a handle;
an elongated shaft coupled to the handle along an axis and adapted to rotate at least 180° about the axis;
an image sensor carried in a distal portion of the shaft;
an inflow channel extending through the handle and shaft to a port in a distal end of the shaft;
a light-emitting diode (LED) carried in a distal portion of the elongated shaft;
a flex circuit extending through the handle and elongated shaft, wherein the image sensor and LED are mounted on the flex circuit;
wherein the inflow channel has a proximal channel portion within the handle and a distal channel portion in the shaft; and
a fluid-tight housing intermediate the proximal and distal channel portions configured to provide a fluid-tight path through said channel portions within said range of motion of the elongated shaft.