Surgery – Endoscope – With tool carried on endoscope or auxillary channel therefore
Patent
1995-01-03
1997-05-27
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery
Endoscope
With tool carried on endoscope or auxillary channel therefore
600104, 600127, 600129, 600130, A61B 100
Patent
active
056327170
ABSTRACT:
An endoscope includes an endoscope tube, illumination and viewing systems disposed within the endoscope tube in a manner to define a blunt distal end, and a penetrating member coupled with an operating mechanism for moving the penetrating member between a retracted position where a distal end of the penetrating member is proximally spaced from the blunt distal end of the endoscope and an extended position where the distal end of the penetrating member protrudes beyond the blunt distal end of the endoscope. The penetrating member can be a blade, one or more needles or any other type of instrument suitable for penetrating anatomical tissue. Upon being extended, the penetrating member can be held in the extended position, automatically retracted and/or reciprocatingly moved as desired.
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Apley Richard J.
Flanagan Beverly M.
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