IP Library Granted Patent US 9,629,550
Granted Patent B2
US 9,629,550 · App. 14/538,025 · Granted Apr 25, 2017

Spring type firing mechanism applied to endoscope accessory

Inventors: Cheng Hsin Chuang (Tainan, TW); Wen Chen Huang (Tainan, TW); Tsan Hsiu Li (Tainan, TW)
Assignees: Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology; Kuang Tai Metal Industrial Co., Ltd.
A61B5/0053A61B1/00064A61B1/00131A61B5/6852F03G1/10
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Patent No.
US 9,629,550
App. No.
14/538,025
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spring type firing mechanism applied to an endoscope accessory includes a housing, a cap, a bottom cover, a driving module, a buffering module and a spring pipeline, and the spring pipeline includes a push-rod coupled to the sensor, and the driving module includes a firing spring and a restoring spring, and the two springs have different rigidities so as to form a reciprocating structure of the firing mechanism. After the sensor of the firing mechanism is triggered, the resilience of the restoring spring compresses the firing spring back to its firing length, so as to restore its position by a single driving point and allow users to complete the firing operation by one hand and simplify the operation of doctors to improve convenience and efficiency.

Claims (33)

1. A spring type firing mechanism applied to an endoscope accessory, comprising:

a housing having a hollow tube body contour, and having an outer embedding wall formed around the periphery of the housing, an inner embedding wall formed inside the housing, and a fixed base formed in a tube body of the housing;

a cap, embedded into the outer embedding wall of the housing, and having an opening;

a bottom cover, coupled to the housing, and a pipeline extending from a bottom portion of the bottom cover;

a driving module, including:

a pressing device having a hollow-contoured tube, and having a triggering rod extended separately from both sides of the pressing device;

a pull-rod, installed in the hollow-contoured tube of the pressing device;

a restoring spring, installed between the pressing device and the fixed base;

a trigger, fixed to the pull-rod, and having an elastic brace formed on both sides of the trigger, such that the elastic brace supports and abuts the inner embedding wall of the housing; and

a firing spring, installed between the fixed base of the housing and the trigger, and having a coefficient of rigidity greater than a coefficient of rigidity of the restoring spring;

a buffering module, including:

a seat body, disposed at an end of the housing, and having a penetrating hole; and

a buffer spring, sheathed on the seat body; and

a spring pipeline, including a push-rod with a front end of the push-rod fixed to the trigger and a rear end coupled to a metal conductive wire, and a sensor combined with the metal conductive wire; and

a plug installed to a top of the pressing device.

2. The spring type firing mechanism applied to the endoscope accessory as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a handle cover sheathed on an outer periphery of the housing.

3. The spring type firing mechanism applied to the endoscope accessory as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a nut secured to an end of the trigger.

4. A spring type firing mechanism applied to an endoscope accessory, comprising:

a housing having a hollow tube body contour, and having an outer embedding wall formed around the periphery of the housing, an inner embedding wall formed inside the housing, and a fixed base formed in a tube body of the housing;

a cap, embedded into the outer embedding wall of the housing, and having an opening;

a bottom cover, coupled to the housing, and a pipeline extending from a bottom portion of the bottom cover;

a driving module, including:

a pressing device having a hollow-contoured tube, and having a triggering rod extended separately from both sides of the pressing device;

a pull-rod, installed in the hollow-contoured tube of the pressing device;

a restoring spring, installed between the pressing device and the fixed base;

a trigger, fixed to the pull-rod, and having an elastic brace formed on both sides of the trigger, such that the elastic brace supports and abuts the inner embedding wall of the housing; and

a firing spring, installed between the fixed base of the housing and the trigger, and having a coefficient of rigidity greater than a coefficient of rigidity of the restoring spring;

a buffering module, including:

a seat body, disposed at an end of the housing, and having a penetrating hole; and

a buffer spring, sheathed on the seat body; and

a spring pipeline, including a push-rod with a front end of the push-rod fixed to the trigger and a rear end coupled to a metal conductive wire, and a sensor combined with the metal conductive wire; and

a nut secured to an end of the trigger.

5. The spring type firing mechanism applied to the endoscope accessory as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a handle cover sheathed on an outer periphery of the housing.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO ADD SECOND ASSIGNEES DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034205 FRAME 640. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 13, 2016
From: CHUANG, CHENG HSIN; HUANG, WEN CHEN; LI, TSAN HSIU
To: SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; KUANG TAI METAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040890/0026 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2014
From: CHUANG, CHENG HSIN; HUANG, WEN CHEN; LI, TSAN HSIU
To: SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 034205/0640 →
Continuity (1)
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