1. A self-tensioning handle for an endoscopic device, the handle comprising:
an upper portion;
an intermediate portion mounted to the upper portion; and
an actuating portion operably connected to the adjustable portion for operating the endoscopic device, wherein the handle is configured to fit in a palm of a user’s hand and the upper, intermediate, and actuating portions are molded together.
2. A handle according to claim 1, further comprising a sliding portion attached to the intermediate portion.
3. A handle according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate portion further comprises a slot, and further comprising a sliding portion with a retainer sliding in the slot, wherein the sliding portion controls a throw of the handle.
4. A handle according to claim 1, further comprising a sliding portion attached to the intermediate portion, the sliding portion configured for attachment of a control rod for the endoscopic device.
5. A handle according to claim 1, further comprising a sliding portion and a pin in an aperture of the sliding portion, and a cam, the sliding portion riding in the intermediate portion, the pin moving up and down in response to the cam for gripping and releasing a control rod.
6. A handle according to claim 1, further comprising a sliding portion attached to the intermediate portion, the sliding portion comprising a divided rear portion.
7. An endoscopic device with a handle according to claim 1, further comprising an end-effector mounted to the handle.
8. A self-tensioning handle for an endoscopic device, the handle comprising:
an upper portion;
an intermediate portion mounted to the upper portion;
an adjustable portion mounted to the intermediate portion; and
an actuating portion operably connected to the adjustable portion for operating the endoscopic device, wherein the handle is configured to fit in a palm of a user’s hand.
9. A handle according to claim 8, wherein the upper portion, intermediate portion, and actuating portion are molded from a plastic material as a unit.
10. A handle according to claim 8, wherein the intermediate portion further comprises a device for fixedly mounting a first portion of the endoscopic device and the adjustable portion comprises a device for mounting a second portion of the endoscopic device.
11. A handle according to claim 8, wherein the device for fixedly mounting the first portion is a button screw and the device for fixedly mounting the second portion is a pin vise.
12. A self-tensioning handle for controlling an endoscopic device, the handle comprising:
a proximal portion for mounting a first portion of the endoscopic device;
a distal portion for mounting a second portion of the endoscopic device; and
a squeezable actuation portion comprising at least two webs attached to the proximal and distal portions.
13. A handle according to claim 12, wherein the squeezable actuation portion comprises at least one of a distal and a proximal portion.
14. A handle according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the first and second portions are attached to the handle with an adhesive.
15. A handle according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the first and second portions are attached to the handle with a fastener.
16. A handle according to claim 12, further comprising an end-effector for mounting to the proximal and distal portions.
17. An endoscopic device comprising a handle according to claim 12, and further comprising an end effector attached to the distal and proximal portions.
18. A self-tensioning handle for an endoscopic device, the handle comprising:
a proximal portion for mounting a first portion of the endoscopic device;
a distal portion for mounting a second portion of the endoscopic device;
a bendable portion connecting the proximal and distal portions; and
at least one control device for controlling movement of the endoscopic device, wherein the proximal, flexible and distal portions are molded together.
19. A handle according to claim 18, wherein the proximal portion of the handle comprises a hand-grip with indentations for fingers of a user.
20. A handle according to claim 18, wherein the at least one control device is selected from the group consisting of a rotatable control portion, an adjustable control portion, and a locking portion.
21. A handle according to claim 18, wherein the proximal and distal portions each comprise a web and further comprising a fastener for fixing a position of one of the proximal and distal portions with respect to the other of the proximal and distal portions for controlling the endoscopic device.
22. A handle according to claim 18, wherein at least one of the proximal and distal portions comprises a control portion for adjustably mounting a portion of the endoscopic device.
23. An endoscopic device with a handle according to claim 18, further comprising an end effector for mounting to the proximal and distal portions.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A doctor blade holder comprising:
upper and lower mutually spaced jaw components defining a slot therebetween;
doctor blade removably retained in said slot; and
nozzle means in one of said jaw components for directing fluid under pressure into said slot for application to said doctor blade.
2. The doctor blade holder of claim 1 further comprising means associated with said upper jaw component for exerting a force urging a working edge of said doctor blade against a surface to be doctored.
3. The doctor blade holder of claim 2 wherein said force is opposed by a first reactionary force exerted on a working edge of said blade by the surface being doctored and by a second reactionary force exerted by said lower jaw component.
4. The doctor blade holder of claim 3 wherein said nozzle means is arranged in said lower jaw component.
5. The doctor blade holder of claim 4 wherein said upper jaw component extends continuously across the surface to be doctored, and wherein said lower jaw component is divided into sections spaced one from the other across said surface.
6. The doctor blade holder of claim 3 wherein said doctor blade is carried in a blade support cartridge, and wherein said nozzle means serves to direct fluid under pressure into said slot for application to both said doctor blade and said blade support cartridge.
7. The doctor blade holder of claim 6 wherein said second reactionary force is exerted by only a portion of said lowerjaw component, with the remainder of said lower jaw component being separated from said blade support cartridge by a space, and wherein said nozzle means is in communication with said space.