Endoscope with reusable core and disposable sheath with passageways
CA 2297221 C · Owner: Adair, Edwin L. · Inventors: Adair, Edwin L.
Overview
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An endoscope in one configuration includes an elongated cylindrical core with a transparent window at the distal end thereof. A removable housing is placed within the core along with an objective endoscope lens or optics at the distal end thereof. A photosensitive image sensor is mounted within the core. A transmitting electronic means with multiple conductors each has a distal end connected to the image sensor circuit board or image sensor and a proximal end connected to a video control unit. From the video control unit signals are transmitted to the video monitor which displays the image. A separable and disposable sheath or channel section is provided in a sterile condition and removably …
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- Filed July 28, 1998 and granted November 27, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 28, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 28, 2020.
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