Orientation adapter for injection tube in flexible endoscope
View Patent ↗An endoscope adapter ring for a needleless fluid delivery system for delivering therapeutic fluids to treatment sites within a patient. The needless fluid delivery system can include an automated injector source and a needleless access device. The access device can include a delivery scope and a treatment specific applicator. The adapter ring is operably attached to the endoscope to keep the injector lumen in a known orientation for the use of a side injector.
1. A needleless fluid delivery system, comprising:
an endoscope having a flexible body between a proximal end and a distal end, the flexible body defining a work lumen and an optical viewing feature;
a needle injector device having a pressurized fluid source and an injector tube, the injector tube defining a non-circular cross-section and including at least one injection orifice proximate an injection end; and
an adapter ring removably fixed at the distal end of the flexible body, the adapter ring including a non-circular injector ring corresponding to the non-circular cross-section of the injector tube such that the non-circular injector ring slidably receives the injector tube so as to fix the position of the injection orifice relative to the endoscope.
2. The needleless fluid delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the adapter ring is fixed within the work lumen proximate the distal end of the flexible body.
3. The needleless fluid delivery system of claim 2 , wherein the adapter ring is press fit within the work lumen.
4. The needleless fluid delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the adapter ring includes a sleeve body positionable over the distal end of the flexible body.
5. The needleless fluid delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the non-circular cross-section of the injector tube is selected from the group consisting of: an oval, a square and a triangle.
6. The needleless fluid delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the injection orifice comprises a side orifice configuration proximate the injection end of the injector tube.
7. The needleless fluid delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the optical viewing feature includes at least one lighting fiber optic and at least one viewing fiber optic.
8. The needleless fluid delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the non-circular injector ring is attached to an inner perimeter of the adapter ring with a plurality of spokes such that the non-circular injector ring, the inner perimeter and the plurality of spoke define at least two additional ring channels.