Title:
APPARATUS SUITED FOR USE IN A SPACE WHICH IS DIFFICULTLY ACCESSIBLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2007086743
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus suitable for use in a space that is not easily accessible, comprising a distally provided head, which can be equipped with an inspection organ and/or intervention organ, and which is designed to be introduced into a cavitous body, a proximal control member remaining permanently outside the body, and a connecting body extending between the control member and the distal head, wherein the connecting body is designed for being at least partly introduced into the body, and wherein the head is provided with at least one rotatable bypass organ for at least one coupling element, a first end of which at least one coupling element is coupled to a permanently fixed point and a second end is position-variable, and wherein the first and the second ends of the coupling element are located at the side of the control member, wherein the connecting body is not compressible and surrounds the at least one coupling element, acting as guide.
Inventors:
BREEDVELD PAULUS (NL)
Application Number:
PCT/NL2007/050030
Publication Date:
August 21, 2008
Filing Date:
January 25, 2007
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV DELFT TECH (NL)
BREEDVELD PAULUS (NL)
BREEDVELD PAULUS (NL)
International Classes:
A61B1/005; A61B1/01; A61B1/31; G02B23/24
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