Abstract: A colander includes a split handle having a top handle coupled to a top rim and a bottom handle coupled to a bottom rim, the bottom handle being rotatable with respect to the top handle and a body having a plurality of perforations and being attached to the bottom rim. The body is collapsible and a bottommost surface of the body is generally flat. The bottom handle rotates either 90°, 180° or 360° with respect to the top handle.

Abstract: A fruit and vegetable juicer contains: a first holder, a second holder, a filtration mesh, a cutter assembly, and a cap. The second holder includes a drive shaft configured to connect with the cutter assembly so that the cutter assembly rotates at a high speed to cut fruits and vegetables which are fed from an inlet of the cap. The cutter assembly includes a first cutting disc and a second cutting disc. The first cutting disc has a toothed layer surrounding around a peripheral side thereof, a circular orifice defined on a central portion of the first cutting disc, and multiple spaced recesses. The second cutting disc has multiple central teeth, multiple toothed rows radially extending outward from the multiple central teeth, the toothed layer radially extending inward around a peripheral side of the second cutting disc, and the multiple spaced cutouts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an overboil protection device removably couplable to a cooking utensil. The overboil protection device includes blower fan(s) configured to provide forced air to food items placed on a cooking surface of the cooking utensil, an electrical power source providing electric power to the blower fan(s), a clip element or an attachment element that couples the overboil protection device to the cooking handle of the cooking utensil, a mount element positioned between the blower fan(s) and the clip element. The overboiling protection device prevents food item from being overboiled and reaching overspill stage. The overboiling protection device does not make any physical contact with the food item placed in the cooking utensil.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic system for dispensing and pressure-brewing food substance, especially ground coffee, comprising a brewing device and a replaceable container with food substance to be brewed, the brewing device being provided with a seat with means for cutting the lid of the container and adapted for receiving containers with finely divided food substance, which seat is connected to a dispensing assembly that guides the food substance through a feeder to the brewing assembly, characterized in that the brewing device comprises a dispensing assembly which is arranged horizontally with respect to the vertical axis of the seat (1) and which is provided with a feeder, preferably a screw feeder (15), actuated by a motor (8), wherein a feeder outlet (17-1) leads directly to a brewing assembly equipped with a brewing chamber (5) to which leads an assembly (23) for feeding hot pressurized water by means of a stationary rear piston (4) equipped with a shower element (22) in the form of a st

Abstract: A milk frother includes a frother including a first chamber having a first inlet, a second inlet, a third inlet, and a first outlet. A steam coupling head is received in the first inlet of the frother. An air input guiding tube protrudes outwards from a location of the second inlet and includes a second chamber. An output device is coupled with the first outlet. An adjusting rod is pivotably connected to the air input guiding tube. A pad is disposed on a bottom face of the second chamber and includes a fourth inlet aligned with the second inlet. An adjusting valve is disposed in the second chamber, includes a spherical face abutting the pad, and is operatively coupled with the adjusting rod. A portion of the spherical face sealingly abuts a surface of the pad. The spherical face includes an air inlet groove having decreasing widths.

Abstract: Various automated and semi-automated beverage preparation systems and methods are disclosed. The beverage preparation system can include a container assembly configured to receive beverage, such as a milk. The container assembly can be configured to receive a flow of steam, air, or additional gasses and vapors to heat and/or aerate the beverage residing therein. The container assembly can include a temperature sensor configured to monitor the rate of heating, and automatically adjust the heating and aeration parameters accordingly.

Abstract: An infused beverage brewing assembly comprising a solvent flow management system operable to receive a solvent and then at least one of modulate and maintain a flow of the solvent independent of a back pressure within a brewing chamber. The brewing assembly including a solvent flow management system in fluid communication with a brewing chamber through at least one solvent conduit, with the brewing chamber for housing a solute disposed to receive the solvent to produce an infused beverage. The brewing assembly includes an electronic control system communicatively coupled to and operable to selectively modulate the solvent flow management system to at least one of modulate and maintain the flow of solvent. The electronic control system configured to receive and execute a brew program.

Abstract: A lid for use with a frying pan, or any pan. The lid has multiple embodiments, such as, directing cooking smoke and odor into under-performing range hoods and downdraft systems. Purchasing new exhaust systems are expensive with little or no guarantees from any manufacturer that their system will remove all cooking smoke. The current invention may be purchased at a fraction of the cost, and will also guarantee total smoke exhaustion. The current invention directs all harmful chemicals emitted from inside a pan, and from stovetop burners, into an exhaust system so they are removed from the home. The invention protects humans and animals from breathing harmful chemicals into their lungs. It protects against kitchen fires, regulates the cooking temperature inside the pan, and allows self-basting of food. The current invention is made from FDA food grade approved material, and is dishwater safe.

Abstract: An automatic cooking machine includes: a cooking pot; a strainer, arranged to be capable of being placed in the cooking pot to receive ingredients, wherein a bottom and sidewalls of the strainer are provided with multiple filter pores; a driving element having two bended driving arms, respectively arranged at two opposite sides of the driving element, wherein free ends of the two driving arms substantially extend downwards; and a blender having two cantilever arms, respectively arranged at two opposite sides of a top portion of the blender; and multiple blending arms, respectively extending outwards from a main body of the blender; wherein the two driving arms of the driving element are arranged to operably touch and push the two cantilever arms of the blender to drive the blender to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise.

Abstract: An automatic cooking machine includes: a cooking pot; a strainer arranged to be capable of being placed in the cooking pot to receive ingredients; a water outlet connector arranged to operably output cold water or hot water into the strainer; an inlet valve arranged to operably control timing of outputting cold water or hot water from the water outlet connector; a drain valve arranged to operably control timing of draining the liquid from the cooking pot; and a drain port arranged to operably output liquid passed through the drain valve. When the cooking pot is being heated, the inlet valve intermittently turns on and turns off, so that the water outlet connector outputs cold water or hot water into the strainer, while the drain valve intermittently turns on and turns off to output a portion of the liquid within the cooking pot.

Abstract: A method of controlling a cooking apparatus includes identifying an initial thickness of a food product on a lower heating plate of the cooking apparatus and calculating a difference between an initial gap value corresponding to the initial thickness of the food product and a predefined final gap value. The method includes controlling at least one of a pressure of at least one of an upper heating plate and a lower heating plate on the food product, a rate of descent of the upper heating plate toward the lower heating plate, and a rate of ascent of the lower heating plate toward the upper heating plate based on the calculated difference between the initial gap value and the predefined final gap value.

Abstract: A BBQ Grill comprising two side assemblies each with a lower side panel, an upper side panel, each of the upper side panels being slideably received in respective lower side panels. Cross braces space the panels apart and a grill plate is adapted to detachably engage apertures in the upper side panels. The grill has legs that extend and retract associated with the lower side panels and the upper side panels have a handle assembly with a push button to set pawls of a latch plate at selected apertures associated with the lower side panel. The grill preferably includes a rear wall, a drip tray and fuel support configured with the grill plate to be assembled between the two side assemblies in cooperation with the cross braces selectively connecting the two lower side panels. Various accessories are disclosed. The grill can use wood, charcoal briquettes or gas.

Abstract: A method for operating an appliance, such as a stand mixer appliance, is provided. In one example implementation, the method can include injecting, via a controller of the stand mixer appliance, a high-frequency signal into a motor of the stand mixer appliance. The method can further include, responsive to injecting the high-frequency signal into the motor, processing, via the controller, one or more signals associated with the high-frequency signal injection. The method can further include, responsive to processing the one or more signals associated with the high-frequency signal injection, determining, via the controller, one or more operating parameters based at least in part on the high-frequency signal injection.

Abstract: A stand mixer appliance is provided. In one example implementation, the stand mixer can include a base, a housing, a mixer shaft rotatably mounted on the housing, and a motor assembly. The motor assembly can include a motor drive and a motor operably coupled to the mixer shaft. A controller can be operably coupled to the motor drive. The motor assembly can further include a sensorless feedback system configured to obtain feedback measurements of one or more electrical characteristics from the motor. The feedback system can include an observer configured to process the one or more electrical characteristics and provide data indicative of a position or a speed of the motor. In turn, the controller can operate the motor drive based at least in part on the data indicative of the position or the speed of the motor.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments for using a grounding mat assembly, including providing a grounding mat, providing a metallic lead having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the metallic lead is operatively connected to the grounding mat, providing a residential water system, wherein the residential water system is operatively connected to the second end of the metallic lead, and contacting the grounding mat with a user's body, wherein the contacting of the grounding mat causes a transfer of energy from the ground into the user's body. Preferably, the grounding mat is constructed of a rust resistant, water resistant, heat resistant, high temperature resistant, UV resistant, and slip resistant material.

Abstract: A pump engine having selectable outputs based on the positioning of two components of the pump engine may be assembled for a desired output and incorporated into a pump or pump system made of recyclable materials.

Abstract: A method for hanging a towel on a towel rod. The method includes folding the towel such that opposing width edges of the towel hangs downwards towards a floor and such that a first towel portion of the towel is turned over to face a second towel portion of the towel, a bent section being defined between the first towel portion and the second towel portion. The method further includes holding a right and a left length edge of the towel and turning the right and the left length edge of the towel upwards away from the floor and positioning the right and the left length edge of the towel over a right and a left side portion of the towel rod. The method enables an intermediate portion of the towel to be suspended on the towel rod, extending across an empty space without any contact with the towel rod.

Abstract: A baby wipe warmer device is disclosed that comprises a body component configured in a rectangular shape. The main compartment of the body component comprises a flat, dense sponge that can soak water and keep the wet wipes moist. This sponge will be placed on the wipes then above the sponge is positioned the lid. The lid would have an opening in the middle through which single wipes would be pulled out of the box for use. Further, the body component comprises a lower compartment that contains batteries and an electrical charging port. The batteries and/or electrical plug supply power to a heating mechanism that produces heat to warm several body wipes stored within the body component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a digital tissue storage box, and more particularly, to a digital tissue storage box simultaneously serving as a clock, a calendar, a frame, and the like while storing tissues. A digital tissue storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body having a space for storing a tissue, an entrance which is formed in one surface of the main body and through which the tissue is pulled out of the main body, one or more displays which are provided on the main body and on which a screen is displayed according to a user input, one or more sensors provided on the main body to detect movement and an environment in a preset area, and a processor configured to control the one or more displays according to the user input or a result detected by the sensor.

Abstract: A ligature-resistant folded-sheet paper towel dispenser includes a rear housing with a rear mounting plane surface for securing the ligature-resistant paper towel dispenser to a wall. A front cover is rotatably coupled and lockable to the rear housing, and a paper outlet formed by the front cover, the rear housing, or a combination of the front cover and the rear housing and fed by a paper path having a serpentine segment along which the paper towels are guided and that is defined by curved projections that contact the paper towels on alternating faces as the paper towels are dispensed. The paper path terminates in an outlet slot at the bottom of the towel dispenser to dispense paper towels from a stack of folded-sheet paper towels. The paper towel dispenser also includes a locking mechanism for securing the front cover to the rear housing.

Abstract: A method controls a floor robot for cleaning a floor area. The floor robot contains a side brush that is rotatable about a vertical axis and has at least one flexible cleaning arm that is guided over the floor area with a rotation of the side brush. The method includes the following steps of: the floor robot approaching a corner, so that the side brush lies in the corner; varying a rotational speed of the side brush while the floor robot is at a standstill; and steering the floor robot out of the corner.

Abstract: A vacuum tool that is removably couplable to a hose or wand of a vacuum.

Abstract: A vacuum tool configured to be removably coupled to hose or wand of a vacuum includes a body including a first end, a second end, and a first longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end. The vacuum tool also includes a head coupled to the first end of the body, a connection portion coupled to the second end of the body and configured to couple the body to a hose or wand of a vacuum cleaner, and a brush coupled to the head. The brush includes an elongate support defining a second axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body and configured to couple the brush to the head, and a plurality of bristles positioned on the elongate support.

Abstract: A handheld vacuum cleaner has a body with a handle, a nozzle assembly connected with the body via a suction pipe, and two or more rotating brush rollers for cleaning a surface. An input unit provides data for assisting a movement of the nozzle assembly. Two or more electric motors connected to the brush rollers are driven by a control unit in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. The input unit is arranged in the nozzle assembly and provided with an inertial measurement unit sensor that is configured to measure an accelerations along XY-axes and an angle of rotation around the Z-axis that is perpendicular to the cleaned surface. The control unit receives data from the input unit to drive the motors according to the measured accelerations along XY-axes and the angle of rotation about the Z-axis for assisting movement of the nozzle assembly in one or more predetermined directions.

Abstract: A cleaner head is provided. The cleaner head includes a brush drum rotatable about a rotation axis, a brush case rotatably supporting the brush drum, and a drive assembly arranged inside the brush drum and configured to provide a rotational force to the brush drum, wherein the drive assembly includes a drive motor, a drive housing that accommodates the drive motor, is arranged between an inner circumferential surface of the brush drum and an outer circumferential surface of the drive motor, and is supported by an end of the brush case, a thermostat that is configured to cut off power supplied to the drive motor according to a temperature, and is arranged to be spaced apart from the drive motor in a direction of the rotation axis, and a heat transfer structure configured to transfer heat from the drive motor to the thermostat.

Abstract: A cleaning device is disclosed that includes a main body, a cleaning assembly, and a connection mechanism. The cleaning device further includes a cleaning liquid supply system including a cleaning liquid reservoir and a cleaning liquid output pipeline; and a dirt recovery system including a dirt reservoir, a dirt suction pipeline and a fan assembly. The connection mechanism is configured to connect the main body and the cleaning assembly, and includes at least two rotational connection portions, rotation axes of which are not parallel to each other; and the at least two rotational connection portions are configured to enable the main body to rotate relative to the cleaning assembly about the rotation axis of each of the at least two rotational connection portions.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus (100) comprises a cleaning base (1) having a brush roll (12), a cleaning fluid dispenser (14), a suction nozzle (13), and a brush-roll motor, a lower portion (21) of a manipulating shaft (2) pivotally coupled to the cleaning base (1), a portable cleaner body (3) removably mounted to the manipulating shaft (2), and a suction extension hose (4) capable of being adapted for use with the portable cleaner body (3). The portable cleaner body (3) is selectively engaged with the manipulating shaft (2) or the suction extension hose (4) to obtain a plurality of modes of operation.

Abstract: A riding floor cleaning machine having an intelligent system including a main frame sub-assembly, a steering and drive wheel sub-assembly, a solution tank sub-assembly, a recovery tank sub-assembly, a recovery tank cover sub-assembly, a control panel sub-assembly, a main controller sub-assembly, a seat and detergent system sub-assembly, a battery sub-assembly, a scrub head sub-assembly, a scrub head lift sub-assembly, a squeegee sub-assembly, a solution and detergent sub-assembly, and an intelligent system associated with at least one of the above-identified sub-assemblies, wherein the intelligent system selectively gathers, obtains, monitors, stores, records, and/or analyzes data associated with components of the riding floor cleaning machine, and controllably communicates and/or disseminates such data with another system and/or user.

Abstract: A surface cleaning head has a rotatably mounted brush, which is provided at a front end of the surface cleaning head, a cleaning solution delivery system and a removable liquid collection reservoir, which is provided in the surface cleaning head rearward of the brush. The cleaning solution delivery system comprises a pump, a liquid reservoir and a fluid flow path extending from the liquid reservoir to at least one delivery nozzle, wherein the at least one delivery nozzle is provided in the surface cleaning head and is configured to deliver a liquid drawn from the liquid reservoir to a portion of the brush that is located internal of the surface cleaning head.

Abstract: A cleaning device, including a cleaning head receiver, a cleaning head frame, a cleaning material attached to the cleaning head frame, and a slide release having a handle, an ejecting surface, and a top surface. The ejecting surface is angled relative to the top surface, and the slide release is arranged within the cleaning head receiver. The slide release is configured to move in a first direction in response to a force applied by a user against the handle. The slide release is configured to apply an ejecting force against the cleaning head frame via the ejecting surface when the slide release is moved in the first direction.

Abstract: A cleaning device, including a cleaning head receiver, a cleaning head frame, a cleaning material attached to the cleaning head frame, and a release lever having a handle at a first end and an ejecting surface at a second end. The release lever is arranged within the cleaning head receiver. The release lever is configured to rotate and thereby apply an ejecting force against the cleaning head frame via the ejecting surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a spin mop with visible spin-drying/cleaning state, including a mop bucket and a spin mop. The mop bucket is provided with a support seat, the spin mop includes a mop rod and a mop head for installing a mop cloth. The mop head is provided with a color difference switching mechanism, the color difference switching mechanism includes a movable color block movably installed on the mop head and a visible window provided corresponding to the movable color block, the movable color block is slidably/swingingly connected to the mop head. When the mop head spins at a high speed to perform spin-drying, the movable color block slides/swings towards the visual window or the movable color block slides/swings away from the visual window, such that the movable color block is placed under or gets away from under the visual window.

Abstract: A tumbler cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a housing; a door coupled to a front opening of the housing; a bracket attached to an inner side of the door; a cleaning unit coupled to the bracket and cleaning each of a cup and a lid of a tumbler; and one or more nozzles disposed in at least one of an upper portion and lower portion of the housing to spray washing water and rinsing water toward the cleaning unit.

Abstract: A dishwashing appliance includes a fill funnel positioned at a fill hole in the side of a tub. The fill funnel includes a mating face positioned at an exterior of the tub with at least two fins extending from the mating face, and a fill funnel outlet extending through the fill hole at the side of the tub. The at least two fins engage a mastic layer at the exterior of the tub. A locking nut is removably coupled to the fill funnel at the wash chamber of the tub. The locking nut includes a plurality of cored-out portions configured to receive a plurality of extrusions of the fill funnel outlet passing through the locking nut. The dishwashing appliance further includes a gasket positioned between the fill funnel and the locking nut.

Abstract: An AI-based endoscopic diagnostic aid system includes: an endoscope module providing an endoscopic image of internal organs of the body of a patient; an input module configured to be capable of inputting arbitrary medical information about the patient; a control module which analyzes the endoscopic image provided from the endoscope module through a pre-stored image processing program to detect lesion information, matches the detected lesion information with the medical information input from the input module through a pre-stored lesion diagnosis program while generating at least one diagnosis information of malignancy and malignancy probability corresponding to the matching result, and outputs a preset notification signal according to the lesion information and the diagnosis information; and a notification module which visually displays on an arbitrary screen according to the notification signal output from the control module.

Abstract: To improve privacy protection. An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an input unit that acquires information including an operation by a user on a medical device on a computer network; an acquisition unit that acquires operation information for remotely operating the medical device on the basis of the operation input to the input unit; a generation unit that generates operation data for remotely operating the medical device using the operation information; and a transmission unit that transmits the operation data to the computer network, in which the operation data does not include personal information of the user.

Abstract: A foot controller for operating of a device includes: a placement section on which a foot is to be placed; a first operating part configured to be moved back and forth and left and right by the foot placed at a first position of the placement section; and a second operating part configured to be moved back and forth and left and right by the foot placed at a second position of the placement section. The first operating part and the second operating part are arranged along a front-back direction on the placement section, and configured to select a predetermined operation of the device based on a movement of the foot.

Abstract: Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery are provided. Systems are taught for operatively treating gastrointestinal disorders endoscopically in a stable, yet dynamic operative environment, and in a minimally-invasive manner. Such systems include, for example, an endoscopic surgical suite. The surgical suite can have a reversibly-expandable retractor that expands to provide a stable, operative environment within a subject. The expansion can be asymmetric around a stabilizer subsystem to maximize space for a tool and an endoscope to each be maneuvered independently to visualize a target tissue and treat the target tissue from outside the patient in a minimally invasive manner.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for an endoscope for use in a surgical procedure, e.g., a pediatric trans-nasal endoscopy procedure. The endoscope may include a handle for gripping by a user, and a shaft extending from the handle. The shaft may have a working channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a distal region configured to be inserted into a patient. The distal region of the shaft may include a printed circuit board with a perpendicular portion having an illumination source mounted thereon so as to face distally. The printed circuit board may also have an imaging device mounted thereon, and the imaging device and the illumination source may be located at the same longitudinal position of the endoscope shaft, e.g., flush-mounted. The endoscope may also include, on the handle, an electronic control module having first and second buttons that are mapped to a menu of functions, e.g., white balancing and/or image capture functions, in an external video control unit.

Abstract: An endoscope including an insertion unit, a treatment tool insertion channel, a treatment tool outlet, an elevator, and a plurality of wall is provided. The insertion unit has a soft part, a bendable part, and a distal end part arranged in order from a proximal end side toward a distal end side in a direction of a longitudinal axis. The treatment tool insertion channel is inserted into the insertion unit. The treatment tool outlet is connected to a distal end of the treatment tool insertion channel. The elevator is rotatable about a rotating shaft between a standing position and a fallen position, and includes a guide surface guiding a treatment tool led out of the treatment tool outlet. The plurality of walls encloses a space in which the elevator is housed, wherein a first wall, which is opposite to the guide surface in a case where the elevator is in the standing position, among the plurality of walls is made of a material harder than at least a second wall among the plurality of walls.

Abstract: A medical device, comprising a handle including a port, a shaft extending distally from the handle, wherein the shaft includes a channel extending along at least a portion of a length of the shaft, wherein the channel includes a longitudinal opening on a radially outer surface of the shaft, and a removable portion extending through the channel, wherein the removable portion includes a first lumen, and wherein the removable portion is configured to be separated from the handle and the shaft.

Abstract: An endoscope including an insertion section including a movable member configured to move between a first position and a second position, and an operation section including a lever and a stopper, and the operation section provided on a proximal end side of the insertion section. The lever is configured to be rotatable around a first rotation axis within a first rotational range of rotation in a first state to move the movable member between the first position and the second position. The stopper is configured to restrict rotation of the lever within the first rotational range of rotation in the first state. One of the lever or the stopper is deformed to change the first rotational range in the first state to a second rotational range of rotation in a second state, the second rotation range of rotation being greater than the first rotational range of rotation.

Abstract: A cart for storage of an endoscope is provided. The cart comprises a housing having a slot configured to slidably receive a tray. The tray is configured to store an endoscope, and a timer is coupled to the housing, slot and/or tray. The timer is configured to display increments of time that the endoscope is stored in the tray. Systems and methods are also provided.

Abstract: A method comprises measuring, with a sensor, a shape of a section of an elongated flexible instrument and comparing the measured shape of the section of the elongated flexible instrument to an expected shape. The method also comprises determining whether the measured shape of the section of the elongated flexible instrument differs from the expected shape by a predefined threshold.

Abstract: A device for supporting probe and/or endoscope parts of medical devices introduced through the mouth of a patient is shown. The device includes a) a first channel part adapted for fitting into the lumen of a bite block for probe and endoscope equipment or configured as a bite block for probe and endoscope equipment, b) a second channel part with a wall section adapted for moving between a first retracted position to a second extended position; and c) a mechanism adapted for displacing the wall section between the first retracted position and the second extended position.

Abstract: Attachment optics for use with a camera head for fluorescence imaging in open surgery. The attachment optics including: an optical system comprising, in progression from distal to proximal: a distal group of first and second meniscus lenses, is the first meniscus lens having a negative meniscus and the second meniscus lens having a positive meniscus, a biplanar glass rod; and a third meniscus lens. Where the first and second meniscus lenses of the distal group are made from different glass types having Abbé numbers ?1, ?2 with ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" ? 1 - ? 2 ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" < 20 , and refractive indexes n1, n2 with 0.02 < ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" n 1 - n 2 ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" < 0.07 and where the ratio of a focal length F of the optical system to the maximum outer diameter D of the first and second meniscus lenses of the distal group is F/D>10.

Abstract: The aspects of the disclosed embodiments provide training simulators intended for training endoscope operation skills. Training may be carried out with the use of training inserts or using virtual reality technology. An endoscopy device comprises an endoscope assembly and an endoscopic camera assembly. The endoscope of the endoscope assembly is configured to be connected to an optical adapter of the endoscopic camera assembly via an eyepiece protection window so that the endoscope may rotate freely about its own axis. The training simulator may measure parameters of the camera sharpness and parameters of the endoscope rotation relative to the camera.

Abstract: An endoscope including: an optical filter arrangement having: a holder; and an optical filter having one of different filter properties in different directions or multiple optical filters with different filter properties, the optical filter being arranged in the holder to rotate about an axis of rotation in at least one beam path of the endoscope in a direction of light incidence in or behind an objective of the endoscope and in front of an image capturing unit or an eyepiece; wherein the optical filter arrangement is configured to change from a first filter property to a second filter property when the optical filter is rotated by 90° about the axis of rotation from a first target rotational position to a second target rotational position.

Abstract: An endoscope and a system including the endoscope and a monitor. The endoscope includes a handle; an insertion cord including an insertion tube, a bending section and a distal tip unit and defining an insertion cord axis; a steering mechanism configured to swivel the distal tip unit and including: a first input wheel and a second input wheel, both rotatably supported by the handle; and a first steering wire, a second steering wire and a third steering wire, all steering wires provided for controlling a bending movement of the bending section, connected to the first input wheel and/or the second input wheel, and extending through the insertion cord, and each steering wire radially spaced from the insertion cord axis and angularly spaced with respect to each other in the circumferential direction of the insertion cord.

Abstract: A medical device includes an articulating joint cut from a tubular member to include a plurality of links. Each of the links extends from a proximal end to a distal end and including a channel extending therethrough. The proximal end of each of the plurality of links includes a proximal engaging feature and the distal end of each of the plurality of links including a distal engaging feature. The proximal engaging feature of one of the links is configured to movably engage the distal engaging feature of an adjacent one of the links to form a hinge via which adjacent links are movable relative to one another and the articulating joint is movable between a straight configuration and a bent configuration. The proximal and distal engaging features include partial bevels corresponding to one another and extending therealong.