Apparatus and method for performing an endoscopic mucosal...

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2011-01-11

2011-01-11

Dvorak, Linda C (Department: 3739)

Surgery

Instruments

Electrical application

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07867228

ABSTRACT:
A surgical device including an elongated shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, an arm pivotally connected to the distal end and moveable through a dissection plane, and a cutting element disposed on the arm and adapted to move from an un-deployed configuration to a deployed configuration, wherein the cutting element is generally aligned with the dissection plane when in the un-deployed configuration and at least partially transverse with respect to the dissection plane when in the deployed configuration.

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