#$%^&*AU2014100607A420140710.pdf#####ABSTRACT 2014100607 A surgical endoscope having a hand piece and a probe extending distally from said hand piece, the probe containing an illumination guide, a laser guide and an image guide, the improvement in the combination comprising: an optical cable containing the illumination guide and the laser guide extending proximally from the hand piece to the laser source and the illumination source, a camera assembly removably connected to the proximal end of said hand piece and coupled to the image from the image guide in the probe to provide an electrical image at the output of the camera assembly, and an electrical cable connected to the proximal end of the camera assembly and extending proximally to a terminal adapted to be connected to a mechanism for providing an image, whereby, after each use of the endoscope, said camera assembly can be detached from said hand piece; and the elements comprising said probe and said hand piece can be disposed of after a single use.1/6 C-,N 000 (0 N I-j '400 0c