Abdorrasoul Malekpour, Dr, Saeideh Zahedi, Bs, Hamed Hasani, Javad Kojuri, MD. Quality improvement in clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Common areas of medical uses include: bronchoscopy, colonoscopy and viewing of the upper gastroenterological systems. Endoscopies are commonly used for the diagnosis of cancer. Recent video-endoscopes with high costs can only be used in the department of endoscopy and the patients from CCU or ICU that need endoscopy should be transported there.
The main components of portable and digital video endoscope are:
A flexible tube.
A light that illuminates what the doctor wants to examine. The light is delivered via an optical fiber system.
A high quality CCD system that transmits an image to the viewer from the fiberscope.
Another channel to allow the entry of medical instruments or manipulators.
Hand touch monitor and control center
The device consists of a flexible endoscope tube with an integrated video chip (CCD) which is located in the endoscope tip as well as a video controller-monitor. The hand touch monitor allows us to freeze, mark and save high quality taken pictures. The endoscope is very easy to control.
Preliminary results
Portable capabilities
Low costs of production
Brighter and more powerful Narrow Band Imaging
Ground-breaking Dual Focus for advanced diagnostics
Outstanding, true-to-life HD image quality
Advancing visualization
Advancing maneuverability
Superior image quality in a super-slim design
Wider possibilities for therapeutic intervention
Fully waterproof endoscope and hand-touch monitor and controlling
Differentiating diseased mucosa
Enhancing observation
Up to 100X zoom
Excellent device handling
High-resolution, high definition images
Wide angulation range
Slim design
Conclusions/Future directions
Low costs of industrial production, portable capabilities and easy handling of this invention as well as high quality pictures and many practical options had led to be considered as a new hope for massive production and use in CCU, ICU and other departments of the hospitals.
Direction of the vision | Direct |
Suitable vision distance | 10- 1000 mm |
Amount of vision area | 140 degrees |
Diameter of high flexible part | 10 mm |
Bending capability of high flexible part | Up- down 180 degrees Left- right 150 degrees |
Entering tube length | 1610 mm |
Total length of the endoscope | 1840 mm |
Capability in microsurgery and taking samples | Yes |
Power supply | Battery, AC, DC |
Saving the images and video | Up to 16 GB |
Wireless image transferring | Via Bluetooth |
Connecting to the PC computer and Lop top | Via USB III |
Capability for Printing the images | Yes |
Endoscope monitor Hand touch controlling Freezing the picture Marking the captured pictures |
Yes Yes Yes |