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7025720 |
Hysteroscope with a shank exchange system
An endoscope has an optics housing provided at a proximal end, with an outer shank releasably connected to the optics housing, and with an inner shank which is arranged inside and parallel to the...
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6994667 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating urological procedures
A flexible direct vision fiberoptical viewing cable is placed within a urinary catheter with its tip located at a distal end of the catheter such that the surfaces of the distal end of both the...
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6971989 |
Resectoscope
A dual-instrument resectoscope which includes an outer sheath having a distal portion that is inserted into a body cavity, a proximal portion that remains outside the body, and a longitudinal axis,...
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6896653 |
Personal pelvic viewer
The Personal Pelvic Viewer™ abbreviated PPV™ is a hand-held instrument which a woman may place by herself into her own vagina to conveniently view and record video images of the interior of her...
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6666818 |
Modular endoscope valve assembly and method
A modular endoscope valve assembly is releasably mounted on the handpiece of an endoscope. This valve assembly includes an inlet port, an outlet port, and a valve manually operable selectively to...
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6599237 |
Instrument and method for facilitating endoscopic examination and surgical procedures
A surgical instrument includes a working sheath and an obturator. A method is also described for facilitating endoscopic examination and surgical procedures using such an instrument. The sheath is...
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6503192 |
Insertion facilitating device for intestinal endoscope
An insertion facilitating device for an intestinal endoscope has a cylindrical body in which an insertion portion of an endoscope for a large intestine is inserted while holding an anal sphincter...
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6485410 |
Hysteroscope port and methods
The hysteroscope port includes a cylindrical cannula dimensioned for insertion through a vagina to penetrate a cervix. A balloon element having a nonsmooth surface is positioned adjacent the distal...
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6475139 |
Visually-directed surgical instrument and method for treating female urinary incontinence
Described is a surgical instrument and method for treating female urinary stress incontinence. The instrument includes a curved needle-like element defining in part a curved shaft having a distal...
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6432045 |
Urethra surgical device
A surgical device for expanding and viewing tissue is disclosed. The surgical device includes a handle, an insertion probe, and at least one window disposed within the insertion probe. The handle...
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6217512 |
Self-illuminated, non-invasive, visual cervical inspection apparatus and method
A visual cervical inspection apparatus for visual inspection of a cervix has a housing having a cavity. The housing has a proximal viewing aperture located in a proximal end of the housing and a...
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6068593 |
Diagnostic instrument illumination system
An illumination beam director for use with a diagnostic instrument having an optical lens system including a camera aperture for observing along an optical viewing axis passing through the camera...
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6039687 |
Rectoscope with semi-reflective tube surface
A rectoscope for examination of the rectum includes a wide-lumen tube, a light conductor connection coupling light from an illumination device to the wide-lumen tube, and a viewing optic disposed...
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5921916 |
Endoscope utilizing a fiber optic holding tube with a jacket slit for lateral placement of the fiber optic
An endoscope, in particular for applications in urology, has a hollow shaft (10), an optical viewing system (12) which can be inserted in the hollow shaft (10) and has a fiber-optic illumination...
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5868662 |
Method for improving observation conditions in urethra and a cystoscope for carrying out the method
A cystoscope of the invention comprises a main portion (10) and a tubular sheath (12, 110) that carries on its distal end a balloon (22, 114, 214) inflatable from the outer side of the cystoscope...
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5855549 |
Method of using an optical female urethroscope
A female urethroscope includes a detachable, disposable semi-flexible sheath for insertion into a female's urethra. The sheath is provided with plurality of channels. One of the channels may...
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5823940 |
Optical surgical device for examining genitourinary tissue
An optical surgical device includes a detachable, disposable semi-flexible sheath for insertion into a patient's body. The sheath is provided with plurality of channels. One of the channels...
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5807240 |
Continuous flow endoscope with enlarged outflow channel
An endoscope with a working element and a sheath assembly. The sheath assembly has an outer sheath with an outer tube, and inner sheath with an inner tube and an insulating tip. An inflow channel...
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5807239 |
Transcervical ostium access device and method
The present invention provides methods, apparatus, and systems for accessing and imaging a patients body lumen, particularly a fallopian tube through an ostium, in a minimally or non-invasive...
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5688222 |
Endoscopic instrument
An endoscopic instrument with an inner sheath carrying instrument optics and an outer sheath enclosing the inner sheath so as to form a gap between the sheaths, the outer sheath having apertures...
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5685824 |
Prostascope with a bridge
A prostascope with a bridge includes a guide member which has a guide surface for a laser beam emitting end of a fiber cable at the bottom thereof and which is attached to the tip of the bridge, a...
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5637075 |
Apparatus for observing inside of body cavity
An apparatus for optically observing a body cavity in which the view field is made more clear by eliminating mucus in the body cavity. The apparatus includes a tubular fluid passage forming member...
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5575751 |
Device for measuring incident light in a body cavity
A device for measuring incident light in a remote situs such as a body cavity which includes a central tubular member through which light is delivered to the remote situs and one or more auxiliary...
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5536234 |
Optical surgical device with scraping tool
An optical surgical device includes a detachable, disposable semi-flexible sheath for insertion into a patient's body. The sheath is provided with plurality of channels. One of the channels...
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5509892 |
Endoscopic instrument
An endoscopic instrument, particularly a continuous flushing cysto-urethroscope, has an oval cross-sectioned outer shaft and an inner shaft having a contour formed by two semi-circular arcs with...
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5486155 |
Rotatable endoscope sheath
A continuous flow resectoscope having a working element and a sheath assembly removably connected to the working element. The sheath assembly has an outer sheath removably attached to an inner...
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5451208 |
Endometrium coagulating apparatus and surgical method for thermal destruction of the endometrium
Apparatus and surgical procedures are provided for completely coagulating endometrial tissue of the uterus by means of heated liquid in the distended uterus under direct view of a thermally...
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5377668 |
Apparatus and method for endoscopic diagnostics and therapy
A fiberscope is constructed with one or more of a pivoted eyepiece, a cannula insertion assembly capable of housing a retractable fiber bundle and/or delivering distention fluid, a disposable...
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5333603 |
Endoscope with palm rest
One endoscopic surgical tool is used in conjunction with a laser that is powered through a small diameter laser power tube. The tool includes a bendable, rigid tube having a lumen sufficiently...
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5323768 |
Diathermic dissector with a bifurcation having substantially the same cross-sectional area as a lumen for guiding a wire
According to the present invention, a sheath has flexibility, and includes a first lumen for guiding a conducting wire in the sheath and a second lumen for injecting contrast medium, which are made...
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5320091 |
Continuous flow hysteroscope
A continuous flow hysteroscope is shown. The hysteroscope includes an outer sheath having an outer surface, an inner surface and a hollowed-out central area extending along a central axis which...
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5303719 |
Surgical method and associated instrument assembly
A surgical sterilization method utilizes an elongate operating instrument assembly having a distal end portion which is inserted into a patient's Fallopian tube. The instrument assembly is operated...
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5287845 |
Endoscope for transurethral surgery
An endoscope for transurethral surgery and has a main body irrotationally supporting an optics and a surgical instrument, further an outer tube affixed to the main body and tubularly enclosing the...
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5242390 |
Endometrium coagulating surgical method for thermal destruction of the endometrium
Apparatus and surgical procedures are provided for completely coagulating endometrial tissue of the uterus by means of heated liquid in the distended uterus under direct view of a thermally...
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5163950 |
Balloon catheter and endoscope kit
A balloon catheter with an unreinforced stem collapses compactly. A method of introducing a balloon catheter into the body passage of a patient consists of loading the balloon end of the catheter...
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5159920 |
Scope and stent system
A scope and stent system, the scope providing visibility not only through the urethra but also through the ureter during the insertion and placement of a ureteral stent. The scope is in the form of...
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5127393 |
Flexible endoscope with rigid introducer
To facilitate certain surgical procedures, a flexible endoscope may more readily be passed through body vessels and tubular organs, especially when those organs assume a tortuous path. However, a...
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5123402 |
Medical instrument shield
A see-through shield for a urological or similar medical instrument for treating bladder and prostate problems, includes a cylindrical collar adapted to fit a boss on the instrument, a clear...
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5048508 |
Endoscope having sealed shaft
An endoscope having an edoscope shaft, a periscope, optics removably secured to the endoscope shaft and separable from the endoscope shaft and an instrument channel having an apertured cap through...
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5031603 |
Uretero-renoscope
A uretero-renoscope assembly comprises a first shaft to accommodate an optical system and an auxiliary instrument passage, this first shaft being connected at its proximal end to a housing provided...
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4958623 |
Protective device for endoscopists, in particular for urethral use
There is disclosed a protective device for endoscopists, in particular for urethral use, which comprises a plate-like screen, which can be arranged so as to encompass the eye-piece associated with...
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4899733 |
Device and technique for transurethral ultrasonic lithotripsy using a flexible ureteroscope
An apparatus and method for machining or disintegrating a calculi in place in a urinary tract. The apparatus includes a flexible, hollow endoscope which can be inserted into a ureter in its...
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4738659 |
Catheter and its method of use with a cystoscopic lens
A direct visualization urethral catheter includes a catheter having a side wall and an open distal end, a proximal end and a bore extending between the ends. In use, the catheter is adapted to be...
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4718406 |
Fiber optics image scope (micro-endoscope), ureteroscope
An endoscope of such small size and flexibility to allow safe diagnosis and treatment of lesions and disorders of the ureter and kidney. A 2mm outer diameter tube fabricated from a low friction...
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4717380 |
Method and apparatus for medically treating recessed body tissue
A method and apparatus for medically treating recessed body tissues with medicament fluid. The invention comprehends aspirating the tissue to be treated prior to the introduction of the medicament...
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4685449 |
Uretero-renoscope
A uretero-renoscope comprises a renoscope shaft and interchangeable first and second optical systems which can be inserted through the shaft and coupled to it at its proximal end. The first optical...
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4653476 |
Instrument insert for a uretero-renoscope
An instrument insert for a uretero-renoscope comprises a hollow elongate shaft proximally connectible through an outer shaft of the uretero-renoscope and having an optical system extending through...
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4612939 |
Method for diagnosis of stress incontinence in women
A tube is passed through the urethra into the bladder (indicated by liquid flow from the bladder to the distal end of the tube) and then withdrawn slightly so that its proximal end is within the...
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4567880 |
Endoscopic device with three-way valve
An endoscopic device comprises a tubular endoscopic sheath which has distal and proximal ends and is receivable in a patient, a telescope portion in the sheath, and an irrigation and drainage valve...
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4557255 |
Ureteroscope
A ureteroscope for carrying out surgical procedures in the lower ureter area under direct visual control. The ureteroscope includes a sheath having a main portion which is dimensioned to be...
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