Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1997-04-11
1999-02-23
Lacyk, John P.
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
606 45, 606 46, A61B 1739
Patent
active
058738770
ABSTRACT:
A medical probe device for introduction by way of a natural body opening into a tubular internal anatomical part of the body includes an elongate member having proximal and distal extremities and a passageway extending from the proximal extremity to the distal extremity along a longitudinal axis, a transparent guide piece mounted on the distal extremity of the elongate member, the transparent guide piece having proximal and distal extremities and a bore therein defining a guide piece lumen extending from the proximal extremity of the guide piece distally at least part way to the distal extremity of the guide piece, the guide piece lumen being in communication with the passageway in the elongate member, an optical viewing element movable within the passageway of the elongate member and having a distal extremity movable within the guide piece lumen, a handle mounted on the proximal extremity of the elongate member, the distal extremity of the optical viewing element mounted within the guide piece lumen so that the distal extremity of the optical viewing element is movable in a longitudinal direction within the guide piece lumen between a distal position to permit viewing forward of the distal extremity of the guide piece within the body and a proximal position to permit viewing lateral to at least the distal extremity of the guide piece.
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Depetrillo Bryan C.
Jones Christopher S.
McCullough Jack A.
McGaffigan Thomas H.
Gibson Roy D.
Lacyk John P.
Vidamed, Inc.
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