Olympus GIF-1T20

Clinical Applications

The GIF-1T20 serves endoscopy suites and gastroenterology departments that treat and examine conditions of the upper digestive tract. The endoscopist steers the scope and views the image through the eyepiece, while the assisting team prepares the light source and treatment instruments before each session.

In use, the scope travels from the oesophagus into the stomach and on to the duodenum. A 100° field of view captures a broad area of the lining, so the wall surface and the course of the passage appear together in one image.

Simplicity shapes the routine. Glass strands carry the image to the eyepiece, so the examination needs no video sensor, processor, or monitor. The team sets up the scope and its light source, and the endoscopist looks straight into the picture.

The 3.7 mm channel serves the treatment. Instruments sized for the bore pass down the channel to the target, so a single insertion carries both examination and treatment.

Four-way bending of 210° up, 90° down,n and 100° to each side lets the endoscopist aim the tip and the channel at each wall in turn. The 11.2 mm tube and 1,030 mm insertion length carry the tip to areas of interest in the upper tract.

Departments that keep a light source in the room can place the scope on a routine list at once. The endoscopist and the team then follow each step from the first look to the last treatment.

A direct image at the eyepiece

Glass strands carry the picture from the tip to the eyepiece. The endoscopist reads the image directly, with no screen between the eye and the lining.

A simple image path

The image path has no video sensor, processor, or monitor. The set-up needs the scope and a separate light source.

A 3.7 mm channel

The channel measures 3.7 mm across and takes treatment instruments sized for the bore. A department that treats and examines can pass instruments down the same scope.

Examination and treatment in one insertion

The eyepiece view stays in place while an instrument passes down the channel. A single insertion carries both parts of the procedure.

A 100° field of view

The optics give a 100° field of view. The operator keeps a broad area of the lining in the picture.

Four-way tip bending

Bending covers 210° up, 90° down, 100° right and 100° left. The operator can aim the view and the channel at any wall of the tract.

An 11.2 mm tube, 1,030 mm in length

The insertion tube measures 11.2 mm across and 1,030 mm in length. It carries the tip into the upper digestive tract.

Made for the upper digestive tract

The scope is intended for examination and treatment of the oesophagus, stomach, and duodenum—the channel and the bending range suit that work.

Eyepiece on the control head

The picture appears at an eyepiece on the control head. The endoscopist looks straight into the image.

Glass strand image path

Glass strands carry the picture from the tip to the eyepiece. No video sensor sits in the path.

3.7 mm channel

A 3.7 mm channel runs the length of the insertion tube. Treatment instruments sized for that bore pass through it.

Separate light source

The scope takes its illumination from a separate light source. The light travels along the insertion tube to the tip.

Bending controls

Controls on the control head bend the tip. The operator sweeps the view and the channel across the wall.

100° field of view

The optics cover 100° of the lining. The wide field helps the operator follow the passage as the scope advances.

Four-way tip bending

Four bending directions are available at the distal end. The four directions let the operator aim the tip across the whole cross-section of the tract.

210° upward and 90° downward bend

The tip bends up to 210° and down by 90°. The movement turns the view toward the upper and lower walls.

100° bend to each side

Right and left bending each reach 100°. The operator sweeps the view and the channel across the side walls.

11.2 mm insertion tube

The tube measures 11.2 mm across. It holds the channel, the glass strands and the bending mechanism along its length.

1,030 mm working length

The working length is 1,030 mm. The figure sets the reach of the tip into the upper digestive tract.

Therapeutic design

The scope pairs its wide channel with the eyepiece view—examination and treatment are rarely done through a single insertion.

Upper digestive tract use

The scope is intended for the oesophagus, stomach, and duodenum. One scope serves the whole upper tract.

The GIF-1T20 suits endoscopy departments that treat the upper digestive tract and want a plain, direct image path. Its fibre optics are the reason to choose it: glass strands carry the picture to the eyepiece with no processor in between, and the 3.7 mm channel carries treatment instruments through the same scope. A 100° field of view and four-way bending of 210° up, 90° down and 100° to each side give the work its range. Each step of the routine, from the first look to the final treatment, uses one insertion. The insertion tube measures 11.2 mm across and 1,030 mm in length.