OBLIQUE TIP ENDOSCOPE WITH ZERO DEGREE FIELD ANGLE

Organization Name

Covidien LP

Inventor(s)

Pere Bresco Torras of Barcelona (ES)

Maria Degollada Bastos of Barcelona (ES)

Juan Carles Mateu Prununosa of Barcelona (ES)

Angel Guerra Garcia of Barcelona (ES)

Mireille Akilian of Candia NH (US)

Allen An of Woburn MA (US)

Nikolai Begg of Wellesley MA (US)

OBLIQUE TIP ENDOSCOPE WITH ZERO DEGREE FIELD ANGLE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18893476 titled 'OBLIQUE TIP ENDOSCOPE WITH ZERO DEGREE FIELD ANGLE

Original Abstract Submitted

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are discussed herein for an endoscope. The endoscope has a distal tip with an oblique portion and a flat portion, the oblique portion defines a plane that forms an angle between and including 20 and 40 degrees to a central axis of the endoscope. A related sheath may have similar features at the distal tip.