ENDOSCOPE WITH ROTARY PRISM Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B1/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: endoscope with a variable scan direction configured so that to insert the device into a human or animal cranial cavity; it comprises an extended body having a proximal end, a distal end and an outer diameter equal to no more than approximately 5mm, an inspection window along the body on the distal end or thereby, an in-built rotary prism integrated into the body close to the distal end, designed for varying the endoscope scan direction, and built into a case functionally mated with a rotating axis directed proximally; a distal portion of the axis is threaded to engage with teeth on the case; there are also provided a self-focusing lens inside the body and automatically focusing an image displayed in the inspection window as the prism rotates, and a handle connected to the proximal end of the extended body. The handle comprises a first rotating dial to adjust a viewing angle of the endoscope by turning the prism, and the first dial rotates about a long axis of the body.

EFFECT: device enables avoiding the intraoperative removal of a lesser pancreas.

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