Endoscope Overview And Vocabulary; Endoscope Vocabulary List - Steris Reliance EPS Endoscope Processing System Operator's Manual

3.8 Endoscope
Overview and
3.8.1 Endoscope Vocabulary
Term used by STERIS
air pipe
air/water port
air/water valve
air/water valve port
auxiliary water inlet/channel
biopsy port
channel selector
control handle
distal tip
elevator guide wire (EGW)
insertion tube
irrigation tube
light guide cable
light guide connector
suction barb
suction valve
suction valve port
Component Identification
Flexible endoscopes have many similarities in their design. Each
manufacturer may use different names for similar parts of the
endoscopes. The following section lists the terms that will be used
Vocabulary
throughout the manual to identify the main parts of the endoscope to
be processed in the Reliance EPS.
The following is the list of terms used by STERIS and their possible
List
equivalents:
Can also be referred to as...
air supply connector
water container connector, water supply connector,
feed water connector
air/water button, air/water feeding valve
air/water cylinder
auxiliary water supply inlet, water jet inlet, forward water jet,
water jet channel
forceps inlet, channel inlet, instrument channel port
suction switch-over lever, instrument channel selector,
suction selector knob
control portion, control section, control body
distal end
forceps elevator wire washing inlet, elevator wire cleaning inlet,
wire port, elevator channel plug
insertion portion, flexible portion
auxiliary water tube, water jet irrigation tube
umbilical cord, umbilical, universal cord, LG flexible portion
endoscope connector, EVE Connector, PVE connector, connector
suction connector, suction nipple
suction button, suction control valve
suction cylinder
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