An attachment assembly for a camera arm of a video laryngoscope including a spatula and a protective cap, wherein the spatula has a base body with a handle end and a patient end opposite the handle end as well as a channel formed in the base body for receiving the camera arm, wherein the channel is open both towards the handle end and towards the patient end, wherein the protective cap is a component part separate from the spatula, is insertable into the channel and includes an at least partially transparent protective section, wherein the protective cap is designed such that a tip of the camera arm of the video laryngoscope can be engaged in the protective section and to be covered by the protective section. Moreover, a video laryngoscope system is shown.

An articulating cannula assembly is described. The articulating cannula assembly includes: a hand piece; a proximal housing situated above the hand piece; a cannula distally extending from the proximal housing, the cannula including an articulating segment; and a trigger that, when actuated, extends or contracts the articulating segment. The proximal housing can removably couple to the hand piece. The proximal housing can include an endoscope attachment structure for removably securing a proximal portion of an endoscope.

A turn fixing mechanism portion of an endoscope apparatus includes: a turning portion connected to a turning unit turnably disposed; a fixed portion configured to turnably support the turning portion; an elastic member interposed between the turning portion and the fixed portion; and a holding member configured to fix a turned position of the turning unit by pressing the turning portion toward a side of the fixed portion to compress the elastic member in a turning axis direction to generate a predetermined frictional force.

Systems and methods of tracking the position of an endoscope within a patient's body during an endoscopic procedure is disclosed. The devices and methods include determining a position of the endoscope within the patient in the endoscope's coordinate system, capturing in an image fiducial markers attached to the endoscope by an external optical tracker, transforming the captured fiducial markers from the endoscope's coordinate system to the optical tracker's coordinate system, projecting a virtual image of the endoscope on a model of the patient's organ, and projecting or displaying the combined image.

A device for insertion into an airway of a subject, the device including: an arm defining a distal end and a proximal end, the arm including: an elongate handle portion at the proximal end, the handle portion extending substantially towards the distal end, and an offset portion located between the distal end and the handle portion, the offset portion being offset dorsally relative to the handle portion and the distal end; and a tip at the distal end of the arm, wherein the arm is configured to allow a user to hold the handle portion outside of a mouth of the subject and move the handle portion to move the tip through the mouth and pharynx of the subject to thereby position the tip proximate to a larynx of the subject.

Provided herein is a handle of a multi-camera endoscope, the handle includes a user interface activating unit which includes one or more external activating/control buttons, and an internal activating element, the handle optionally includes a converter configured to receive one or more parallel signals and transform the one or more parallel signals to one or more corresponding serial signals, wherein the parallel signals are output by one or more cameras of the endoscope. Further provided are endoscopes and medical imaging system which include the handle, as well as methods of use thereof.

An endoscope includes a handle assembly, an elongate shaft extending distally from the handle assembly, a tip disposed at a distal end of the elongate shaft, an imaging device disposed within the tip, and a rotation assembly operably coupled to the imaging device for rotating the imaging device within the tip.

Provided is an endoscope device capable of enhancing mechanical strength and durability against various operations and attachment to and detachment from a hanger in the endoscope device in which an endoscope can be suspended on the hanger. This endoscope device includes: an insertion portion; an operation unit that has a joint section configured to be suspendable from a hanger and is connected to the hanger through the joint section; a treatment tool channel that is arranged inside the joint section and the operation unit and allows passage of a treatment tool; a plate fixed to the operation unit; and a frame that is provided inside the joint section, includes a plurality of partition structural members coupled to each other and having a longitudinal direction along an arrangement direction of the treatment tool channel, and is fixed to the plate.

A camera device having a handpiece; a shaft having a proximal end coupled to the handpiece; and a distal end; and a probe coupled to the distal end of the shaft, the probe having a proximal portion extending from the distal end of the shaft along a longitudinal axis, and a distal portion extending at an angle of between about 70 degrees and about 110 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis, the distal portion having an image sensor assembly.

A medical device includes a handle that includes a handle body longitudinally extending from a proximal end to a distal end; a distal connector configured to connect to a proximal end of an elongate outer member; a lumen longitudinally extending through the handle body, the lumen configured to have an elongate inner member movably disposed therein, and to permit the elongate inner member to distally extend past the distal end to within the elongate outer member and to proximally extend past the proximal end; and an inner member controller configured to longitudinally move relative to the handle body to control movement of the elongate inner member relative to the elongate outer member. The handle may be a distal handle of the medical device, which further includes a proximal handle. Both handles may control movement of the elongate inner and outer members.