A tip part (2) for forming a tip of a disposable insertion endoscope (1), the tip part comprising an exterior housing (9) having an open proximal end (9a) for connection to other parts of the endoscope, the housing further having a distal front wall (11) and a circumferential housing wall (12), the circumferential housing wall extending a total housing length H in a proximal direction from the distal front wall to the proximal end of the housing, the distal front wall and the circumferential housing wall enclosing an interior spacing (24) of the tip part; a camera assembly able to provide an image from light received from an object to be investigated; and a tube insertion sleeve (38) provided within the interior spacing and fixed in relation to the distal front wall, the tube insertion sleeve being formed by a circumferential tube sleeve wall (39) that extends a total tube sleeve length S from the distal front wall of the housing to a proximal end of the tube insertion sleeve so that the tube insertion sleeve comprises an open proximal end; wherein the distal front wall has a fluid opening (10, 16a, 16b, 17) which is aligned with a distal end of the tube insertion sleeve, a proximal surface of the distal front wall surrounding the fluid opening to provide a tube abutment surface (40); whereby a tube (13, 21, 22, 23) can be inserted through the proximal end of the tube insertion sleeve until a distal end of the tube abuts the tube abutment surface, whereby the distal end of the tube is positioned to allow fluid flow through the tube to and through the fluid opening. Furthermore a method of manufacture of the tip part is disclosed.

The endoscope includes: an insertion part having a distal end surface provided on a distal end side to be inserted into a subject; an observation window that is provided in the distal end surface and that is used to observe an inside of the subject; a fluid jetting nozzle that is provided in the distal end surface and that jets a fluid toward the observation window; and a forceps port that is provided in the distal end surface and that is used to lead out a treatment tool or to suck the fluid. The distal end surface has water repellency in a nozzle facing region provided between the fluid jetting nozzle and the observation window, and has hydrophilicity in a forceps port adjacent region provided on a side opposite to the nozzle facing region with the forceps port interposed therebetween.

The present disclosure provides a dental mirror having a handle and a mirror head coupled to a first end of the handle. The mirror head includes a double-sided mirror having a nano-ceramic coating that is hydrophobic and transparent. The nano-ceramic coating includes more than 80 wt % of silicon dioxide nanoparticles having an average diameter of less than 100 nm. The dental mirror also includes means for rotating the mirror head and a first button configured to control rotation of the mirror head.

An imaging probe for use in a catheter for ultrasonic imaging is provided. The imaging probe includes a transducer backing and a transducer configured to generate and receive ultrasonic waves. The transducer includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface. The first surface faces the transducer backing and the second surface is disposed at an angle sloping toward a catheter center axis in a proximal direction.

A disposable video laryngoscope includes a novel internal liquid jet spray. This laryngoscope is designed so that the user may utilize either the video mode in which the image is displayed on an external screen, or the device may be used in the same manner as a direct laryngoscope. If the device is used in video mode, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) is placed within a camera housing so as to prevent or reduce fogging of the lens. The device includes an internal spray mechanism that may receive liquid through a luer-connection interface such as is used with syringes or IV tubing systems and that directs a spray onto a fogged or occluded lens to restore vision.

This disclosure relates generally to a container and tube set and methods for fluid delivery, and particularly an integrated container and tube set suitable for use with an endoscope to supply liquids and/or gases to the endoscope. The integrated container and tubes may include a container (e.g., water reservoir) containing a fluid and a gas, and a plurality of tubes integrally formed with the container. The integrated container may include an irrigation supply tube having a first lumen in fluid communication with the fluid, a lens wash supply tube having a second lumen in fluid communication with the fluid, a gas supply tube having a third lumen in operative communication with the gas, and an optional alternative gas supply tube having a fourth lumen in fluid communication with the gas. The lens wash supply tube and the gas supply tube may be formed as a single, multi-lumen tube.

A robotic device is provided. The robotic device comprises: an articulatable elongate member comprising a proximal end and a distal end, and the distal end is steerable via a first driving mechanism; an articulatable imaging instrument removably coupled to the articulatable elongate member via a first lumen of the articulatable elongate member, and the articulatable imaging instrument comprises a camera located at a distal portion of the articulatable imaging instrument; an articulatable instrument removably coupled to the articulatable elongate member via a second lumen, and an operation of the articulatable instrument is captured by the camera of the articulatable imaging instrument.

An endoscope comprises: an insertion portion comprising a distal end portion, the distal end portion including a distal end surface; a flow passage formed in the insertion portion, the flow passage including a fluid ejection port formed in the distal end surface and the flow passage configured to supply a fluid via the fluid ejection port to an environment outside of the insertion portion; and a suction passage formed in the insertion portion, the suction passage including a suction port formed in the distal end surface. The distal end surface includes a deflection surface formed integrally with the distal end portion. The deflection surface covers a part of the fluid ejection port. The deflection surface is positioned so that the fluid supplied via the fluid ejection port contacts the deflection surface and is deflected in a first direction. The first direction does not intersect the suction port.

A cleaning apparatus management unit manages the utilization status of a first cleaning apparatus that can clean an endoscope that has been manually cleaned in a procedure in which one or more steps are skipped and the utilization status of a second cleaning apparatus that can clean an endoscope that has been manually cleaned by performing all the steps. A reception unit receives step information indicating a completed step during the manual cleaning of the endoscope. When the received step information indicates a predetermined step that comes before a final step, an assignment processing unit determines a cleaning apparatus to be assigned to the endoscope based on the relationship between scheduled completion time of the manual cleaning when the implementation of the one or more steps that come after the predetermined step is skipped and the utilization status of a plurality of cleaning apparatuses managed by the cleaning apparatus management unit.

A visualized medical system with a cavity expanding device includes a cavity expanding mechanism and an observation mechanism. The cavity expanding mechanism includes an expanding end arranged at a front end of the operating mechanism and configured to expand a cavity at the front end of the observation mechanism to expand a field of view of the observation mechanism. The observation mechanism includes a lighting module, a lens module, a signal processing module, and a housing. An image and a video observed in the lens module in a light field of the lighting module are processed by the signal processing module, and then outputted to a display system by a circuit system for displaying. The visualized medical system with a cavity expanding device can introduce a surgical instrument into a body from a sheath to perform various surgical operations such as biopsy sampling, electrocution, electrocoagulation, and ablation during observation.