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8460178 |
Method and system for minimizing leakage of a distending medium during endoscopic procedures
A system for minimizing leakage of fluid distending media by the sides of the endoscopic instrument in endoscopic procedures such as arthroscopy, hysteroscopy or laparoscopy. A double-wall flexible...
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8460179 |
Balloon unit for endoscope apparatus
The present invention provides a balloon unit for an endoscope apparatus comprising: a balloon for an endoscope apparatus having an opening formed in a cylindrical shape in which an insert part of...
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8439824 |
Apparatus and methods for coronary sinus access
Apparatus and methods for locating morphological features within a body cavity using a catheter including proximal and distal ends, a transparent balloon carried on the distal end, and an optical...
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8430809 |
Capsule for use in small intestine
Apparatus for use in a body lumen is provided including an introducer tube configured to be advanced into a gastrointestinal tract of a subject. A guide member is coupled to a distal end of the...
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8409078 |
Endoscope
An endoscope includes: an insert portion having a bending portion for bending operation and a flexible soft portion connected to the proximal end of the bending portion; an inflatable/deflatable...
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8409109 |
Rectal probe with disposable balloon assembly
A reusable temperature sensing probe assembly comprises a temperature sensor strip extending from one end of a handle. The temperature sensor strip carries at least one temperature sensor for...
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8403827 |
Endoscopic insertion aid, endoscopic system, and method of inserting insertion portion of endoscope into body cavity by use of endoscopic insertion aid
An endoscopic insertion aid includes a tube member, a pipeline and a plurality of balloons. The tube member allows an insertion section of an endoscope to be inserted therethrough, and guides the...
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8353817 |
Self-propellable apparatus and method
A self propelled, endoscopic apparatus formed of a flexible, fluid-filled toroid and a motorized or powerable frame. The apparatus may be used to advance a variety of accessory devices into...
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8343036 |
Flaccid tubular membrane and insertion appliance for surgical intubation
A thin sheath of flexible, flaccid material is introduced through openings in the body of an animal or human patient to permit surgical tools or fluids to be inserted and removed, or debris...
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8337395 |
Anastomosis system
There is provided an endoscopic system. The system comprises a flexible endoscope insertable into a first tubular organ from a natural opening of a human body. The system further comprises an...
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8337480 |
Method of producing a balloon of a balloon catheter
A method of producing a balloon of a balloon catheter includes the following method steps: providing a balloon body coupled to a proximal sleeve and a distal sleeve by transitional sections...
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8303484 |
Self-propelled robotic device that moves through bodily and other passageways
A self-propelled robotic device moves through bodily and other passageways by inflating regions of an overlying bladder along the length of the robotic device in a sequence that imparts motion to...
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8298134 |
Eccentric dilation balloons for use with endoscopes
The dilation balloon of the subject invention preferably comprises a balloon portion mounted about a shaft that, when inflated, produces a configuration comprising a tapered distal end and a...
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8277374 |
Medical instrument, endoscope and endoscope device
A medical instrument of the present invention comprises a spiral shaped portion provided at an insertion portion main body, for generating a force at the insertion portion main body to...
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8273013 |
Endoscope insertion assistant probe and applicable endoscope apparatus therefor
An endoscope insertion assistant probe is inserted into a body cavity prior to insertion of an insertion portion of an endoscope into the body cavity, to assist the insertion of the endoscope, and...
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8262605 |
Needleless delivery systems
Described are devices and methods related to the needleless injection of fluid into tissue of the lower urinary tract, such as the urethra and prostate.
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8262563 |
Endoscopic translumenal articulatable steerable overtube
An apparatus having an elongate hollow metal body extending along a longitudinal axis is disclosed. The hollow body defines a central opening and has a predetermined wall thickness. A pattern of...
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8246535 |
Bending instrument for an endoscope and endoscope set
A bending instrument for an endoscope which is used when a fiberscope is inserted into a gastrostomy catheter. The bending instrument comprises a sheath which covers a fiberscope shaft of the...
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8187173 |
Apparatus for advancing an endoscope and method for manipulating the apparatus for advancing an endoscope
In a region where an intestine is movable in the abdominal cavity, conventional endoscope apparatus have suffered from a difficulty in moving an endoscope advancing portion toward a deep intestinal...
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8147401 |
Endoscope insertion support tool and endoscope device
An endoscope insertion support tool includes an advancing and retracting member that is disposed in an insertion section of an endoscope, capable of advancing and retracting in a hollow passage, a...
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8142348 |
Endoscope insertion apparatus
An endoscope insertion apparatus is provided that has an inner-side unit in which a plurality of inner-side fixing sections having an inner-side arm are uniformly arranged in a circumferential...
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8114097 |
Flexible instrument
A robotic medical system comprises a catheter having an elongated shaft with a plurality of flexible segments spaced apart along the catheter, and a drive unit coupled to the catheter. The catheter...
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8096942 |
Endoscope balloon control device
A first and a second pumps for supplying a gas to a balloon for fixation mounted at an outer circumference portion at a tip end portion of an insertion portion of an endoscope and a balloon for...
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8092372 |
Insertion assisting tool for endoscope and endoscope operating method
An insertion assisting tool for an endoscope which is a tubular insertion assisting tool which is provided with an inflatable and deflatable balloon attached to a tip end outer peripheral part, and...
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8083670 |
Endoscope with axially displaceable balloon
The present invention provides an endoscope comprising: an insertion unit which is to be inserted into a body; and a pipeline provided inside the insertion unit for supplying a fluid to a balloon...
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8038598 |
Balloon endoscope device
A balloon endoscope device having a shaft with a distal end that allows for blunt dissection is provided. The shaft utilizes a plurality of separately inflatable balloons that alone or together...
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8016748 |
Apparatus and methods for coronary sinus access
Apparatus and methods for locating morphological features within a body cavity using a catheter including proximal and distal ends, a transparent balloon carried on the distal end, and an optical...
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8012086 |
Sterile transcolonic access device
Devices and methods useful for transluminally accessing a body cavity are disclosed. In one embodiment, a transluminal access device adapted to be inserted through a body lumen is provided and can...
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8012084 |
Endoscope device and control method for the same
An endoscope device comprises: an endoscope including an insertion portion and a first balloon attached to a distal end of the insertion portion; and an insertion guide that is to be covered on the...
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8002698 |
Therapeutic method that uses overtube
With a first endoscope inserted through an overtube, the overtube is orally inserted into an object being examined, and a distal end portion of an insertion tube of the first endoscope is made to...
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7998061 |
Atraumatic arthroscopic instrument sheath and method
A removable, resilient atraumatic sheath for arthroscopic instruments. The sheath covers sharp edges on the arthroscopic instrument, particularly the distal tip of the rigid cannula, and thereby...
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7963911 |
Locomotive endoscope assembly for fluid supply
Apparatus for fluid supply to the interior of a portion of a tubular body portion including a locomotive endoscope head extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first selectably radially...
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7959559 |
Endoscope insertion assisting device, endoscope apparatus, medical treatment device and endoscope insertion method
The present invention includes a first balloon member having a first hollow portion that allows an insertion portion of the endoscope to pass therethrough; a first transmission member that...
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7955253 |
Apparatus and methods for achieving endoluminal access
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for pleating at least a portion of a patient's body lumen, such as the colon. Pleating is achieved via relative motion between an endoscope and...
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7951068 |
Rotating self-traveling endoscope system, rotating self-traveling endoscope insertion assisting tool, and method for technique of inserting endoscope insertion portion into small intestine using rotating self-traveling endoscope system
A rotating self-traveling endoscope system of the invention comprising an insertion portion having an image pickup unit at its distal end portion and a helical structure formed on the outer...
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7951069 |
Methods and devices for minimally invasive cardiac surgery for atrial fibrillation
Devices for enhancing minimally invasive cardiac surgery include a visualization device including an inflatable balloon at or near the distal end. Some visualization devices also include one or...
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7935047 |
Double-balloon endoscope system
An endoscope system, serving as a double-balloon endoscope system, includes an endoscope apparatus for examinations using an endoscope, a shape detection apparatus used in combination with the...
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7901347 |
Balloon controller for endoscopic apparatus
A balloon controller for an endoscope apparatus, which expands or shrinks a first balloon attached to an insertion portion of an endoscope by supplying fluid to the first balloon or drawing fluid...
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7887480 |
Balloon control apparatus
A balloon control apparatus includes a balloon, a flow rate adjustment section, a setting section and a control section. The balloon is attached to an insertion section of an endoscope and/or an...
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7862504 |
Insertion apparatus
An insertion apparatus includes: a tubular member equipped with a propulsion power generating portion; a rotating portion for rotating the tubular member provided with the propulsion power...
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7862542 |
Flaccid tubular membrane and insertion appliance for surgical intubation and method
A thin sheath of flexible, flaccid material is introduced through openings in the body of an animal or human patient to permit surgical tools or fluids to be inserted and removed, or debris...
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7857784 |
Medical instrument for suction and irrigation, and method for its production
A medical instrument for suction and irrigation comprises an elongate shaft with a first channel serving as suction channel and with a second channel serving as irrigation channel, the shaft having...
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7850600 |
Laparoscopic instrument and trocar system and related surgical method
Laparoscopic instruments and cannulas are provided for performing laparoscopic procedures entirely through the umbilicus. Generally S-shaped laparoscopic instruments placed through the C-shaped...
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7833150 |
Holding device, endoscopic device, and operating method of endoscopic device
A hand operation portion of an endoscope is held by an endoscope holder of a holding device, and an insertion auxiliary member is held by an auxiliary member holder. The endoscope holder and the...
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7798956 |
Alternating propulsion type endoscope and continuous drive type endoscope
An endoscope preferably comprising an alternating propulsion system in which an endoscope shaft is advanced by means of an auxiliary means (e.g. a hose preferably including fluid pads or a guiding...
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7789824 |
Instrument comprising a cable or tube provided with a propulsion device
An instrument comprising a cable or tube, at a distal end of which a propulsion device is provided for moving the cable or tube in a hollow space, the propulsion device being shaped like a donut...
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7749157 |
Methods and devices for minimally invasive cardiac surgery for atrial fibrillation
Devices for enhancing minimally invasive cardiac surgery include a visualization device including an inflatable balloon at or near the distal end. Some visualization devices also include one or...
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7736300 |
Self-propellable apparatus and method
A self propelled, endoscopic apparatus formed of a flexible, fluid-filled toroid and a motorized or powerable frame The apparatus may be used to advance a variety of accessory devices into...
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7721742 |
Methods for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in the peritoneal cavity
A novel approach to diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in the peritoneal cavity is described. More specifically, a technique for accessing the peritoneal cavity via the wall of the digestive...
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7713191 |
Balloon controller for endoscope apparatus
A balloon controller for an endoscope apparatus which enables an operator to correctly and immediately grasp circumstances relating to an abnormal condition at the time of occurrence of the...
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