Laryngo-pharyngoscope retractor system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021052154-A1
Application number	US-201916977977-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 4, 2019
Priority date	Mar 5, 2018
Publication date	Feb 25, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A laryngopharyngoscope retractor system including: a plurality of components including: a base frame with a coupling region and a spatula holder that is adjustable in terms of position and orientation by way of adjusting screws; a spatula that is releasably fastenable in the spatula holder; two cheek holder adapters that are releasably fastenable to the base frame; and two cheek holders, each of which is releasably fastenable to a respective cheek holder adapter, wherein one or more of the base frame, the spatula holder, the spatula, the cheek holder adapter and the cheek holder, in the respective regions provided for the releasable connection to another one of the plurality of components have a visible unique code that corresponds to the corresponding regions on the other of the plurality of components.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A laryngopharyngoscope retractor system comprising:
a plurality of components including:
a base frame with a coupling region and a spatula holder that is adjustable in terms of position and orientation by way of adjusting screws;
a spatula that is releasably fastenable in the spatula holder;
two cheek holder adapters that are releasably fastenable to the base frame; and
two cheek holders, each of which is releasably fastenable to a respective cheek holder adapter,
wherein one or more of the base frame, the spatula holder, the spatula, the cheek holder adapter and the cheek holder, in the respective regions provided for the releasable connection to another one of the plurality of components, have a visible unique code that corresponds to the corresponding regions on the other of the plurality of components.

2 . The laryngopharyngoscope retractor system of claim 1 , wherein the code is alphanumeric.

3 . The laryngopharyngoscope retractor system of claim 2 , wherein the code is single digit.

4 . The laryngopharyngoscope retractor system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the code is a color code.

5 . The laryngopharyngoscope retractor system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the plurality of components includes two components to be connected to one another, the two components each having two differently colored codes, which set the orientation of each of the two components.

6 . The laryngopharyngoscope retractor system of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one auxiliary means adapter that is releasably fastenable to the base frame; at least one auxiliary means that is fastenable to the at least one auxiliary means adapter; wherein each of the at least one auxiliary means, in the region provided for the releasable connection, has a visible code corresponding to the corresponding regions on the at least one auxiliary means adapter.

7 . The laryngopharyngoscope retractor system of claim 5 , further comprising an auxiliary means adapter provided for use with various auxiliary means, wherein the auxiliary means fitting to the auxiliary means adapter each have an identical code in the regions provided for the connection to the auxiliary means adapter.

8 . The laryngopharyngoscope retractor system of claim 1 , further comprising one or more of additional spatulas having the same code as the spatula and additional cheek holders having the same code as the two cheek holders.

9 . The laryngopharyngoscope retractor system of claim 6 , further comprising one or more additional auxiliary means having the same code as the at least one auxiliary means.

10 . The laryngopharyngoscope retractor system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one auxiliary means is selected from a group consisting of a light carrier, a tumor grasping forceps, a suction tube for liquids and a smoke suction tube.

Assignees

• Winter & Ibe Olympus

Inventors

• Gruteser Thomas
• Wilker Lena
• Mrotzeck Katrin

Classifications

• A61B17/29

  Forceps for use in minimally invasive surgery · CPC title

• A61B17/24

  for use in the oral cavity, larynx, bronchial passages or nose (for medical inspection of cavities or tubes in the body A61B1/00); Tongue scrapers · CPC title

• A61B13/00

  Instruments for depressing the tongue (combined with illuminating and viewing instruments A61B1/24; combined with saliva removers A61C17/10) · CPC title

• A61B1/32 Primary

  Devices for opening or enlarging the visual field, e.g. of a tube of the body · CPC title

• A61B1/267 Primary

  for the respiratory tract, e.g. laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes · CPC title