Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1991-12-09
1993-06-08
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
24587, A61B 100
Patent
active
052170012
ABSTRACT:
A device utilizable with an endoscope to promote sterility comprises a substantially thin-walled elongate tubular sheath made of a flexible material such as rubber, the sheath having a use configuration with an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of an insertion member of the endoscope, whereby the sheath may be removably disposed about such insertion member to substantially surround same prior to insertion of the insertion member into a patient. The device further comprises a transparent cap member and an element or elements for attaching the cap member in a fluid tight seal to a distal end of the sheath so that the cap member covers a distal end of the insertion member of the endoscope. Biopsy channels, some of which are expandable from collapsed configurations to receive endoscopic surgical instruments during an operation, are provided on or in the sheath.
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Nakao Naomi L.
Wilk Peter J.
Apley Richard J.
Coleman Henry D.
Jalbert Karen A.
Sudol R. Neil
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