ENDOSCOPE Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A61B1/00 G02B23/24 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: endoscope comprises a flexible body which is inserted into a lumen of an examined cavity, a flexible all-purpose component which through a connection unit having a connector system, is connected to an external illumination source to transmit light from an incandescent lamp, and an air and water supply from the compressor built in a lighter, through appropriate channels provided in the endoscope, and through an aspiration socket channel to the aspirator, and a rigid component, together forming a technological entity of the endoscope. The illumination source is used a light-emitting diode with an independent supply source united in a micro block built in the rigid component and structurally connected with the illumination channel in the flexible body, together forming an entity of the endoscope. On the surface, the rigid component of the endoscope comprises a handle for holding the apparatus and a socket of the air and water supply from the compressor, and a socket of the aspiration channel whereto the aspirator used to perform endoscopic examination is attached.

EFFECT: application of the given device allows performing the off-line endoscopic examinations.

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