Apparatus for viewing and treating body tissue

Details Apparatus for viewing and treating body tissue Apparatus for viewing and treating body tissue

1997-09-02

2000-04-25

Leubecker, John P.

Surgery

Endoscope

Having rotatable shaft

600104, 600106, 600153, A61B 106

Patent

active

060538600

ABSTRACT:
In the method of treating internal body tissue, the steps that include providing an endoscope having a viewing channel, with an elongated optical stem, associated with the channel, and defining a longitudinal axis; providing a longitudinally elongated sheath received on a stem and supported for controlled rotation about an axis and into selected angular position relative to a support, to gain access to the selected urethral tissue zone to be treated; providing means to be rotated with the sheath to be targeted toward and to eject flowable treatment material onto or into tissue at a zone; and rotating the sheath and ejecting treatment material at a selected zone.

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