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| 20090054734 | ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL DEVICES - According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an endoscopic surgical device is provided and includes a handle assembly; a tube assembly operatively supported on and extending from the handle assembly, the tube assembly defining a longitudinal axis; an articulation assembly operatively supported on and extending from a distal end of the tube assembly; and a tool assembly operatively supported on and extending from a distal end of the articulation assembly. In use, a rotation of the handle assembly about the longitudinal axis results in a concomitant rotation of the tool assembly; an actuation of the handle assembly in a particular manner results in a concomitant actuation of the tool assembly; and a pivoting of the handle assembly in any off-axis direction relative to the longitudinal axis results in a concomitant articulation of the tool assembly via the articulation assembly. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090182200 | MEDICAL DEVICE - Apparatuses of the type broadly applicable to numerous medical applications in which it is desirable to insert one or more steerable or non-steerable catheters or similar devices into a working channel of an associated device, such as an endoscope, catheter, etc., or passageway of a patient, are disclosed. The apparatuses may include catheters having a dedicated guide wire channel and one or more of the following: viewing capabilities, a working channel, and auxiliary channels, such as insufflation/irrigation channels. The catheters may include a guide wire channel that is configured to provide the catheter or other device with rapid exchange capabilities. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090221873 | Adaptor for Endoscopic Orientation of an Elongate Medical Device - An adaptor, a system and a method to orient an elongate medical device in relation to an endoscope are provided. The adaptor includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a connecting portion to rotationally securable to a distal end of the first portion to the endoscope, a first lumen extending longitudinally through the first portion and operably connectable to a working channel of the endoscope, and one of an orienting key or a keyway extending longitudinally at least partially along the first portion. The second portion is releasably connectable to the first portion and includes the other of the key or the keyway extending longitudinally along at least a portion of the second portion and a second lumen operably connectable to the first lumen and configured to receive an elongate medical device rotationally secured in relation to the second portion therethrough. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090299143 | ACTUATING AND ARTICULATING SURGICAL DEVICE - Methods and devices are provided for controlling movement of a working end of a surgical device, and in particular for performing various surgical procedures using an instrument having an end effector that can be articulated relative to an elongate shaft of the device. A decoupling member can isolate the actuation of the end effector from the articulation of the end effector. In certain embodiments, the end effector can also optionally rotate relative to the elongate shaft of the device, and/or the shaft can rotate relative to a handle of the device. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100030030 | ENDOSCOPE CHANNEL TUBE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A forceps channel tube is composed of a tube body, a reinforcing tape and a protective layer. The reinforcing tape includes a reinforcement layer and an adhesive layer. The reinforcement layer has a plurality of strip-shaped high and low rigidity portions arranged alternately. The reinforcing tape is wrapped around an outer surface of the tube body in a manner that each of the high and low rigidity portions encircles the tube body along the circumferential direction, and fixed thereto by the adhesive layer. The reinforcing tape provides the tube body with rigidity anisotropy that increases a first rigidity against force in a radial direction of the tube body to exceed a second rigidity against bending force. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100099953 | MEDICAL DEVICE, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND ENDOSCOPE - A medical device includes a communication member including a first opening portion, a second opening portion, and a communication conduit for communication between the first opening portion and the second opening portion, a closing portion capable of liquid-tightly closing the communication conduit, and a maintaining member capable of maintaining the closing portion in a closed state. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100113880 | Gastrostomy-jejunostomy tube apparatus and method for endoscopically placing same within a patient - A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy-jejunostomy (G-J) tube apparatus has a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy-jejunostomy (PEG-J) tube unit and a jejunostomy (J-tube). The PEG-J tube unit includes two interconnected tubes extending in a side-by-side orientation with respect to each other and a posterior bumper encompassing both of the interconnected tubes adjacent a first end portion thereof. Each one of the interconnected tubes includes a passage extending therethrough between opposing end faces thereof. A first one of the interconnected tubes is configured for functioning as a gastrostomy tube (G-tube) and a second one of the interconnected tubes is configured for functioning as a jejunostomy tube (J-tube) introducer. The J-tube is slideably inserted into a passage of the J-tube introducer. The J-tube includes a plug portion integral therewith and disposed within the passage of the J-tube introducer for providing a fluid-resistant seal between the J-tube and the J-tube introducer. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110015487 | ENDOSCOPE WITH SINGLE-CHANNEL ENDOSCOPIC TUBE AND DISPOSABLE SET, CONNECTING THE CHANNEL WITH PRESSURE SOURCES. - An aim of the invention is to provide a safe, quick and cheap reuse of an endoscopic tube, simplification of its construction; the technical task is creation of an endoscope with an endoscopic tube without cavities which require complicated washing. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110040151 | POSITIONING CLIP - A positioning clip to position an inner tube in an outer tube of an endoscope includes at least one inner support surface to support the positioning clip on the inner tube, at least one outer support surface to support the positioning clip on the outer tube, and a clamping device to clamp the positioning clip on the inner tube or on the outer tube. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110224492 | Multiple-Channel Endoscopic Biopsy Sheath - Embodiments of the invention provide devices and associated methods for use when performing endoscopic procedures. According to one aspect, a sheath positionable within a working channel of an endoscopic device, and adapted for receiving one or more instruments, is provided. The sheath can include a first channel and a second channel, the first channel and the second channel extending at least partially along a length of the sheath, wherein at least one of the first channel or the second channel includes an open edge open along at least part of the length of the respective channel. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120095292 | Anchored Guidewire - An anchored guide wire is described including at least one expansion apparatus having an outer surface for contacting surrounding tissue, an elongated guide wire with at least one lumen for supplying fluid to the expansion apparatus, and a pump that supplies fluid to the lumen to inflate the expansion apparatus, wherein the outer surface of the expansion apparatus has a textured surface for preventing slippage on surrounding tissue. A method of securing a guide wire in a bodily cavity is also described including inserting an elongated guide wire with an expansion apparatus having a textured outer surface and a lumen for supplying fluid to the expansion apparatus, into the bodily cavity, supplying fluid to the lumen with a pump until the expansion apparatus is inflated, moving a medical device along the elongated guide wire, deflating the expansion apparatus, and withdrawing the guide wire from the bodily cavity. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120116167 | ATTACHMENT FOR ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - Provided is an attachment for an endoscope, the attachment being attached to a leading end part of the endoscope having a leading end surface on which an observation window for observing an inside of a subject's body and a first opening for jetting a constant-pressure supplied gas are formed, the attachment including: a second opening provided at a position separate from the leading end surface; a pipe conduit that communicates the first opening and the second opening with each other so as to jet the constant-pressure supplied gas from the second opening; and a region separating member that separates a jetting region of the constant-pressure supplied gas jetted from the second opening from a region of view of the observation window. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120209074 | OPTICAL COUPLER FOR AN ENDOSCOPE - An optical coupler is disclosed with an attachment section for mounting at a distal end of an optical imaging device for visualizing a surface area covered with an opaque fluid and/or particulate matter. The coupler includes a visualization section at one end of the coupler that includes a proximal surface for engaging the distal end of the optical imaging device, an attachment section connected to and extending away from the visualization section, an outer surface spaced apart from the proximal surface, and may include a hollow instrument channel extending from the proximal surface toward the outer surface. This surface extends continuously from a first outer side boundary across to a second opposite outer side boundary of the visualization section. The visualization section can be formed from an elastic material capable of transmitting an optical image of the surface area. In one form, the material is a silicone gel or elastomer. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120283515 | Drying agent arrangement for optical instruments - A drying agent arrangement for optical instruments, in particular for endoscopic instruments, having a hygroscopic substance in the instrument housing, such that the hygroscopic substance, configured as individual moulded bodies, is positioned in an intake receptacle that can be replaceably inserted in the instrument housing. To provide a drying agent arrangement that, along with simple, versatile application, allows the intake of a great quantity of drying agent, the intake receptacle may be configured as a double-walled sleeve, such that the two walls, forming an intake space for the moulded bodies of the hygroscopic substance, are radially distanced from one another and positioned in such a way that the walls, closing the intake space at one axial end of the sleeve, are connected with one another at the end and on the other axial end of the sleeve, releasing the intake space, are radially distanced from one another at the end. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130197310 | Intracorporeal insertion instrument - An intracorporeal insertion instrument includes an elongated two guide wires having a distal end portion whose cross-sectional shape is non-circular, wherein a bending habit is applied to the distal end portion, and a sheath main body provided with a plurality of lumens formed such that the guide wires are inserted from a plurality of proximal-end openings and the respective guide wires can be protruded from distal-end openings, the respective distal-end openings being formed such that the respective guide wires are prevented from rotating around axes of the guide wires in the distal end openings, and the distal end portions of the guide wires are separated from each other along protruding directions. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20140275788 | ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM WITH ELECTRICALLY ACTIVE OUTER SURFACE - An electrosurgical system may include a medical delivery device and an electrosurgical device to perform an electrosurgical procedure. The electrosurgical device may have a monopolar configuration. An outer surface of the medical delivery device may include a conductive portion that is part of a return path for a bipolar configuration. Current may be supplied through an active member of the electrosurgical device to perform the procedure. After passing through tissue, the current may be drawn to the electrode portion of the medical delivery device to complete the circuit. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150080659 | Systems and Methods for Introducing and Applying a Bandage Structure Within a Body Lumen or Hollow Body Organ - Systems and methods provide intraluminal delivery of a bandage structure within a body lumen or hollow body organ, e.g., for treating an injured gastrointestinal tract or an esophageal hemorrhage in a non-invasive way using endoscopic visualization. The systems and methods can be sized and configured to apply a chitosan bandage structure within a body lumen or hollow body organ, to take advantage of the mucoadhesive, antimicrobial, hemostatic, and potential accelerated wound healing properties of the chitosan material. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150313451 | Elevator for Directing Medical Tool - There is provided herein an endoscope assembly comprising at least one front-pointing viewing element on a front end of a distal section of the endoscope assembly, at least one side-looking viewing element on at least one side wall of the distal section of the endoscope assembly, a working channel configured for insertion of a medical tool towards the distal section, and a system for regulating the direction of exit of medical device wherein said system enables the medical device to exit at multiple angles to the long dimension of the endoscope device either from the front end or through side walls of the distal section of the device. | 11-05-2015 |
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