Endoscopy

WORKING OF

ENDOSCOPY

Manaswi Kant

(1MS09ML034)

ENDOSNCOPY PRINCIPLE• Endoscopy minimally

invasive diagnostic medical procedure used to evaluate interior surface of an organ.

• Endoscope may have rigid or flexible tube inserted into body. It has ability to looking inside the body using a variety of very small cameras attached to flexible or rigid tube. It facilitates direct viewing the interior of an organ is often very helpful in determining the cause of a problem.

ENDOSCOPY PRINCIPLE(Contd…)

• An endoscope is a flexible tube equipped with lenses and a light source. Illumination is done by the help of a number of optical fibers.

• Video endoscopy performed by attaching in microchip camera at the insertion tube, setup image is viewed on a video monitor.

Distal Tip of Insertion Tube

Distal tip of insertion tube• Light Guide lens(BB)It has light transmission component for proper imaging. The light enters the scope, usually at the light guide connector, through the light guide prong. The diseased part of the patient body is illuminated by light shining in.

• Image Guide lens(AA)Imaging is the primary function of the endoscope. An image is captured here though the optical fibre and transferred to the image transmission device directly behind the lens system.

Distal tip of insertion tube(contd…)

• BIOPSY CHANNELIt is used for suction of sample of tissue. May be needed to remove or may for diagnostic purposes.

ENDOSCOPY PICFIBERSCOPES VIDEO ENDOSCOPE