Abstract: An endoscope including a handle including an aperture and a valve insert arranged in the aperture; the valve insert including: a first valve cylinder having a first cylinder wall, a second valve cylinder having a second cylinder wall, and a flange connecting and spacing apart the first valve cylinder and the second valve cylinder. The flange is arranged in the aperture of the handle. Portions of the first valve cylinder and of the second valve cylinder are arranged inside the handle and include a plurality of tube ports.

Abstract: An endoscope, a method to make the endoscope, and a system including the endoscope and a monitor. The endoscope includes a distal tip; a handle; an insertion tube and a bending section, the insertion tube and the bending section connecting the handle and the distal tip; a working channel provided in the insertion tube and the bending section and extending from the handle towards the distal tip; a first part and a second part, the first part attachable to the second part to form a connector having a first channel with a first inlet opening, a second channel with a second inlet opening, the first channel joining with the second channel form a joint channel having an outlet opening to connect the first inlet opening and the second inlet opening with the outlet opening, the outlet opening in connection with the working channel.

Abstract: An endoscope including a handle, an insertion cord having a bending section, and a steering mechanism including a first steering input element rotatably supported at the handle or interface housing, the endoscope including a first braking mechanism for braking the first steering input element, the first braking mechanism including a manually operable first brake actuator, a first braking cone portion which forms an essentially cone-shaped first braking surface and is non-rotatably connected to the handle or interface housing, and a second braking cone portion which forms an essentially cone-shaped second braking surface and is non-rotatably connected to the first steering input element or portion, with the first braking cone portion and/or the second braking cone portion being axially translatable via the first brake actuator to bring the first braking surface into a braking contact with the second braking surface.

Abstract: An endoscope including: a handle or interface and an insertion cord including a bending section. The endoscope handle or interface includes a first operation unit having a first manually operable element, which when rotated by an operator causes bending of the bending section in a first bending plane; a second operation unit having a second manually operable element, which when rotated by the operator causes bending of the bending section in a second bending plane; and a manually operable brake activator which is configured to activate braking or locking both a rotation of the first manually operable element via an engagement of a first brake part with the first operation unit and a rotation of the second manually operable element via an engagement of a second brake part with the second operation unit.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a distal tip unit, a handle, a shaft including a bending section made of a first material, and a steering wire for controlling a bending movement of the bending section. The bending section has segments, an inner lumen accommodating a working channel, and steering wire lumens adapted for accommodating the steering wire. The endoscope further includes a disc made of a second material which is different from the first material. The disc is arranged at a distal end of the bending section adjacent a lumen end of the steering wire lumens and has a plurality of openings including steering wire lumen openings configured for guiding the steering wire coming from the steering wire lumens therethrough, and locking openings configured for threading or twisting the steering wire therethrough. The steering wire is locked to the disc by the threading or twisting of the steering wire through the openings.

Abstract: An endoscope including a distal tip unit having an optical system; a handle having a housing, a printed circuit board, and an operating unit for steering the distal tip unit, the housing enclosing the printed circuit board; a bending section; and a steering wire for controlling a bending movement of the bending section, the steering wire being connected to the operating unit. The printed circuit board is configured to process information received from the optical system via cables extending from the distal tip unit. A separation means arranged in the housing and separates an inner space of the housing at least into a printed circuit board compartment accommodating the printed circuit board and a steering wire compartment accommodating the steering wire.

Abstract: An endoscope control system for performing a bending operation in a disposable insertion endoscope, the endoscope control system including a control wheel connected to a wire drum for connection to a steering wire of the endoscope, whereby rotation of the control wheel controls the bending operation, and a multi-disc brake including a stack of at least three brake discs, wherein activation of the multi-disc brake changes the multi-disc brake from a released state to a braking state, a brake torque generated by the multi-disc brake in the braking state braking rotation of the control wheel, the brake torque in the released state being at least partially released.

Abstract: An endoscope and a method of assembling the endoscope, the endoscope including a handle including a wire receiving unit rotatably connected to an operating unit; a distal tip unit configured to be inserted into a patient’s body cavity; -an endoscope shaft connecting the endoscope handle and the distal tip unit; and at least one steering wire, a proximal end portion of which being held by or fixed to the wire receiving unit, the steering wire being configured to be pulled by rotating the operating unit, thereby tilting the distal tip unit in at least a defined first direction, wherein the proximal end portion of the at least one steering wire is wound around/on the wire receiving unit for at least one full turn.

Abstract: An endoscope including steering and braking mechanisms. The braking mechanism includes a manually operable braking control element, a friction element which is axially translatable along a control axis to engage or disengage with the steering mechanism, and a cam pairing transmitting force between the braking control element and the friction element and transforming the braking input into an axial translation of the friction element. The cam pairing has a cam surface and a cam axially contacting the cam surface. The cam surface forms a first ramp section for translating the friction element from a first braking position to an intermediate braking position, a second ramp section for translating it from the intermediate braking position to a second braking position, and an intermediate section forming a tactile structure arranged between the first ramp section and the second ramp section and defining the intermediate braking position.

Abstract: The invention relates to an injection device comprising an End-of-Content mechanism. The End-of-Content mechanism comprises a piston rod (10) being driven forward by a rotatable piston rod guide (20), a driver (50) attached to a dose setting tube (30) and an End-of-Content tube (40). The End-of-Content tube is moved axially forward during dose setting a distance which correlates to the size of the dose being set. When the accumulated set and ejected dose equals the injectable amount initially available in the cartridge (3), the End-of-Content tube engages a lock mechanism provided in the piston rod guide and the driver engages a stop surface on the End-of-Content tube. Once the End-of-Content mechanism is locked, no further dose can be set and the piston rod guide cannot be rotated. In order to provide a proper engagement between the piston rod guide and the driver, the End-of-Content mechanism is released during dose expelling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shield triggered injection device with a triggering mechanism for injecting doses of a liquid drug. The injection device has a housing structure with a distal end and a proximal end, and a needle shield rotationally mounted relatively to the housing structure such that the needle shield is rotatable between a first position and a second position and which the needle shield when rotated from the first position to the second position is guided helically in a helical track. Further, an axially movable trigger element for releasing a set dose to be automatically ejected upon proximal movement of the trigger element against a bias is provided. The trigger element is provided with an axial locking arm which is biased into the helical track to block the passage through the helical track at least in one rotational direction.

Abstract: An endoscope control system for performing a bending operation in a disposable insertion endoscope, the endoscope control system including a control wheel connected to a wire drum for connection to a steering wire of the endoscope, whereby rotation of the control wheel controls the bending operation, and a multi-disc brake including a stack of at least three brake discs, wherein activation of the multi-disc brake changes the multi-disc brake from a released state to a braking state, a brake torque generated by the multi-disc brake in the braking state braking rotation of the control wheel, the brake torque in the released state being at least partially released.

Abstract: An endoscope including a control system including: a first control wheel connected to a first wire drum and to a first steering wire of the endoscope to control the bending operation in a first dimension, the first control wheel having a bearing surface; a second control wheel connected to a second wire drum and to a second steering wire to control the bending operation in a second dimension, the second control wheel having an outer bearing surface positioned farther from the axis of rotation than the bearing surface of the first control wheel; and an outer bearing element including an inner bearing surface positioned farther from the axis of rotation than the outer bearing surface of the second control wheel and abutting the outer bearing surface of the second control wheel so that rotation of the second control wheel is at least partly borne on the outer bearing element.

Abstract: A method of assembly of an endoscope control system including: holding a first control wheel unit in a position; moving a second control wheel unit in an assembly direction to position the second control wheel unit on the first control wheel unit; moving a housing frame in the assembly direction to position the housing frame on the second control wheel unit; moving a second shaft unit in the assembly direction so that a second shaft is positioned to extend through the connection hole of the housing frame and snaps into engagement with the second control wheel unit; and moving a first shaft unit in the assembly direction so that a first shaft is positioned through the second shaft and snaps into engagement with the first control wheel unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a torsion spring driven injection device for delivering set doses of a liquid drug wherein a torsion spring is strained by rotation of a rotatable dose setting structure and released by proximal movement of a piston rod driver. The dose setting structure is coupled to a drive element which is rotated during dose setting and which drive element is released during dosing to thereby rotate the piston rod driver. The piston rod driver is further coupled to the piston rod to generate a rotation and thus forward movement of the piston rod. The drive element and the piston rod driver are coupled to each other by a toothed engagement which is functional both during dose setting and during dose expelling.

Abstract: The invention relates to an injection device comprising an End-of-Content mechanism. The End-of-Content mechanism comprises a piston rod (10) being driven forward by a rotatable piston rod guide (20), a driver (50) attached to a dose setting tube (30) and an End-of-Content tube (40). The End-of-Content tube is moved axially forward during dose setting a distance which correlates to the size of the dose being set. When the accumulated set and ejected dose equals the injectable amount initially available in the cartridge (3), the End-of-Content tube engages a lock mechanism provided in the piston rod guide and the driver engages a stop surface on the End-of-Content tube. Once the End-of-Content mechanism is locked, no further dose can be set and the piston rod guide cannot be rotated. In order to provide a proper engagement between the piston rod guide and the driver, the End-of-Content mechanism is released during dose expelling.

Abstract: An image capture device with a housing comprising a capture opening and a viewing opening arranged opposed to the capture opening. The image capture device comprises a camera for capturing an image of at least a portion of an object arranged in register with the capture opening, as well as a beam-splitter arranged to cover the capture opening, the beam-splitter allowing a first portion of light reflected from an observed object to pass through the beam-splitter, this allowing a user to effectively watch the object during image capture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stop mechanism for a non-axial working End-of-Content mechanism which is geared by a hypocycloid gearing. The EoC mechanism comprises a stationary first element (10), an EoC element (30) and a rotational element (50) with a cam surface. The EoC element rotates around a center axis which is dislocated in relation to the center axis of the first element. The EoC element thus works as a hypocycloid element which rotates through a specific angle whenever a rotational element driven by a dose setting button is rotated one full revolution. The EoC element thus counts the number of set doses.