Another patent granted in Jan 2023 Sterile sheath for confocal...

Another patent granted in Jan 2023

• Sterile sheath for confocal endomicroscopy scanner probe
  Patent number: 11559189
  Abstract: A sterile sheath and methods for enclosing a confocal endomicroscopy (CEM) scanner probe with the sterile sheath are provided. The scanner probe includes a probe shaft, a probe tip, a probe body, and a probe umbilical. The sterile sheath for enclosing the CEM scanner probe includes a sheath tube configured to receive the probe shaft and has a distal tube end, a proximal tube end, a sheath tip mounted at the distal tube end of the sheath tube, and a sheath socket configured to receive the probe body. The sheath socket has a distal socket end and a proximal socket end. The proximal tube end of the sheath tube is fixed to the sheath socket at the distal socket end. The sterile sheath further includes a sheath lock ring and a sheath drape mounted on the sheath socket at the proximal socket end with the sheath lock ring.
  Type: Grant
  Filed: October 31, 2018
  Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
  Assignees: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Optiscan PTY Ltd.
  Inventors: Gerald Panitz, Robert Pattie, Peter Maxwell Delaney, Christopher Byrne, Selene Rodd-Routley