| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide various methods and devices for endoscopic procedures. SOLUTION: In particular, the device can include an elongate flexible insertion element adapted for delivery within a patient. In one embodiment, the insertion element has at least one working channel disposed therein and the working channel is adapted to receive a surgical instrument, a liquid, or a gas. The insertion element can be adapted, for example, for endoscopic or laparoscopic delivery to a patient. The device further includes an optical image gathering unit which is an optics unit disposed on a distal end of the insertion element that can be adapted to acquire images during endoscopic procedures, and an image display screen disposed on a medical treatment device or remote from the endoscopic device and adapted to communicate with the optics unit to display the acquired images. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
