Abstract: The present invention provides an endoscope with a watertight and air-tight endoscope handle that in preferred embodiments contains in its interior a solid-state light source and a gas permeable and liquid impermeable sealed compartment holding a battery and an electronic circuit, where the sealed compartment is preferably transverse to the long axis of the endoscope handle, and, in certain embodiments, at least partially surrounded by a movable structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2007
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2012
Assignee:
Optim, Incorporated
Inventors:
Thomas V. Root, Robb M. Gavalis, Robert J. Krupa, Anthony J. Parillo, William F. Laflash, Aleksandra Levshina