Common problems in endoscope repair – endoscope water leakage

The location of the endoscope water leakage：

1.Water Leaking position—Bending Rubbers

The mouth pad is not used during the operation or the quality of the mouth pad is poor, the patient feels nervous and bites the insertion part—-the Bending Rubbers is broken.

Poor maintenance, aging of Bending Rubbers—-broken Bending Rubbers.

2. Water leakage location—Biopsy Channels

Encountering resistance when inserting, forced insertion leads to.

3. Water Leakage location—other parts

C-Cover collides with hard objects-the lens breaks.

Problems caused by water leaking endoscopes：

The fiber mirror beam appears cracked or rainbow, and the field of vision is blurred.

The image of the electronic mirror is defective, and even the CCD is shorted and there is no image.

The beam of light hardens and becomes brittle, easily breaks, and the brightness decreases.

The spiral tube falls off.

The switch button of the electronic endoscope is shorted and its function cannot be used.

How to avoid the problem of water leakage in the endoscope：

Be careful when operating the endoscope.

The cleaning and disinfection procedures of the endoscope must be correct.

Promote high-quality maintenance.

Be sure to pass the water leakage test before cleaning the endoscope.