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8133171 |
Wire spring guide for flexible endoscope
A medical device having a flexible shaft is provided, the flexible shaft including an active deflection section. The medical device also includes at least one control wire passing through at least...
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8133170 |
Endoscope
An insertion instrument which is connected to a manipulating head grip is composed of an elongated flexible tube section, an articular section and a rigid tip end section in series from a proximal...
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8125755 |
Selectively rigidizable and actively steerable articulatable device
A selectively rigidizable and actively steerable device is described. In one aspect, an articulatable device is described that includes a flexible inner tube having a first lumen, a flexible outer...
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8106133 |
Elastomer molding for endoscope
The invention provides a flexible tube for an endoscope, which is excellent in elasticity (impact resilience), has suitable flexibility and also has chemical resistance. Disclosed is a flexible...
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8100824 |
Tool with articulation lock
The invention provides surgical or diagnostic tools and associated methods that offer user control for operating remotely within regions of the body. These tools include a proximally-located...
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8096943 |
Flexible endoscope tip bending mechanism using optical fiber as compression member
A flexible endoscope includes an elongate flexible extrusion. A central lumen extends longitudinally through the center of the extrusion, and a plurality of other longitudinally extending lumens...
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8075476 |
Cannula system and method of use
A cannula coupled to a displacement limiting coupling. The cannula includes at least one rigidizable segment and means for rigidizing the rigidizable segment. The displacement limiting coupling...
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8075474 |
Endoscope system and medical instrument
An endoscope system according to the present invention includes: an endoscope equipped with a long insertion portion; a medical instrument which includes a treating portion installed in a distal...
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8075478 |
System, apparatus, and method for viewing a visually obscured portion of a cavity
A system, apparatus, and method for viewing a visually obscured portion of a body cavity. The system includes an endoscopic-type instrument, an imaging apparatus, and a human interface apparatus....
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8029437 |
Endoscope and method for assembling components of an optical system
An endoscope has a tubular shaft whose interior contains components, in particular lenses, spacers, diaphragms, prisms and filters of an optical system, said components being at least partially...
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8007434 |
Variable stiffness medical device shaft
A medical device shaft with varying flexibility along its length is provided. The shaft includes at least first and second elongate shaft portions that have differing geometries and differing...
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7993285 |
Medical device having flexible distal tip
A medical device having a flexible distal tip. In some embodiments, a medical device includes a shaft and a distal tip. The distal tip can include an outer member having one or more balls disposed...
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7955292 |
Endosurgical extraction bag for collecting body tissue or body fluid
The invention relates to an endosurgical extraction bag for collecting body tissue or body fluid, with a bag main part formed from a flexible envelope, and with a first admission opening for...
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7942815 |
Endoscope insertion portion with a two wire bending portion
An endoscope insertion portion includes a distal end side wire guide which is provided over a distal end side of a operation wire, and a portion of which is fixed to a bending portion, a proximal...
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7901348 |
Catheterscope 3D guidance and interface system
Visual-assisted guidance of an ultra-thin flexible endoscope to a predetermined region of interest within a lung during a bronchoscopy procedure. The region may be an opacity-identified by...
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7880977 |
Rod lens to be fitted in endoscopes
A rod lens is used for fitting in an endoscopes. The rod lens has a rod-shaped body which is made at least in a section of a flexible, transparent solid piece of plastic material.
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7862554 |
Articulating tool with improved tension member system
The invention provides surgical or diagnostic tools and associated methods that offer improved user control for operating remotely within regions of the body, and improved methods of assembling the...
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7862503 |
Rotational, translational and torqueing control members for an endoscopic instrument
A flexible endoscopic clip applier includes a flexible coil with a manual actuator coupled to one end and a jaw assembly coupled to the other end. A store of clips is arranged adjacent to the jaw...
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7850604 |
Flexible shaft for an endoscope and such an endoscope
A flexible shaft for an endoscope comprises a shaft body which, in the longitudinal direction of the shaft, has a first portion with a first degree of flexibility, and, proximally from the first...
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7850678 |
Endoscope, endoscope system, and method of manufacturing endoscope
An endoscope of the invention is the endoscope for applying a propulsion force in a direction of insertion axis of an insertion portion main body in accordance with rotation of the insertion...
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7837620 |
Medical tubular assembly
A medical tubular assembly includes four medical coilpipes together having a distal end portion insertable into a patient. The four medical coilpipes include a central coilpipe and three peripheral...
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7837619 |
Transeptal apparatus, system, and method
Methods, apparatus, and systems for locating a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with a positioning device that can be configured to occlude the PFO. Methods, apparatus, and systems include the use of a...
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7833203 |
Catheter shaft with undulating surface for reduced friction
A vascular catheter which comprises a catheter shaft, said catheter defining a first surface which is of undulating shape with a plurality of curved peaks, said peaks being spaced so that a second...
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7833154 |
Autoclave sterilization-compatible endoscope
An endoscope is provided with a bending tube including sequentially connected plural bending pieces constituting a bending section which is provided in a slim and elongated insertion portion and...
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7794391 |
Endoscope
An endoscope capable of preventing the cover member from being damaged and also preventing the airtight failure from being caused is disclosed. A projection 172 can reparably join with an opening...
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7794390 |
Endoscope having a rotatable distal endoscope head
The invention relates to an endoscope comprising an endoscope head which is connected to an endoscope shaft by means of a bendable end piece to form a tubular component. According to the invention,...
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7789826 |
Manually controlled endoscope
A control handle for use with a steerable endoscopic device. The endoscopic device having a pair of control wires to effect steering. The control handle includes a steering mechanism that includes...
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7785252 |
Articulating sheath for flexible instruments
A sheath useful for remote steering, guidance and/or manipulation of a flexible instrument, including e.g. an endoscope, received through the sheath.
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7780593 |
Endoscope
A bend section is disposed on an insertion section. A rotary body, on which a proximal end portion of a wire for a bend operation, which has a distal end portion connected to the bend section, is...
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7780650 |
Rotate-to-advance catheterization system
A camera assembly for positioning within a bodily passageway, including a camera, a catheter adapted to retain the camera, and a rotary coupling interconnecting the catheter and the camera. The...
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7776380 |
Method of making catheters with additives consolidated into polymer wall
A method of making catheters is disclosed in which various additives are consolidated into polymer walls of the catheters. The method includes providing a core, spraying a base polymer material...
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7766821 |
Bendable portion of an insertion tube of an endoscope and method of producing it
A bendable portion, which is arranged at the distal end of an insertion tube of an endoscope, comprises a plurality of tube segments, each of said tube segments having connecting means that...
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7762948 |
Endoscope system
In this invention, a drum around which an insertion portion is wound is integrally housed in a carrying case, and a cylinder for supplying a fluid to a hydropneumatic actuator and a solenoid valve...
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7682319 |
Steerable access sheath and methods of use
The present invention provides devices, systems, methods and kits for endoscopically accessing a body cavity and providing a directed pathway toward a target tissue within the cavity. The directed...
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7591783 |
Articulation joint for video endoscope
A video endoscope system includes a reusable control cabinet and an endoscope that is connectable thereto. The endoscope may be used with a single patient and then disposed. The endoscope includes...
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7591781 |
Endoscope system with insertion direction changing guides
An endoscope system includes an endoscope and an insertion unit guide member. The endoscope has an elongated insertion unit whose bending section adjoins a distal section thereof. The insertion...
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7530945 |
Endoscope and method for assembling components of an optical system
An endoscope has a tubular shaft whose interior contains components, in particular lenses, spacers, diaphragms, prisms and filters of an optical system, said components being at least partially...
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7435216 |
Robotized laparoscopic system
A robotized laparoscopic system capable of executing commands of an operating surgeon is provided. The laparoscopic system includes a cylindrical tube inserted through an incision. A small-sized...
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7367939 |
Rotational, translational and torqueing control members for an endoscopic instrument
A flexible endoscopic dip applier includes a flexible coil with a manual actuator coupled to one end and a jaw assembly coupled to the other end. A store of clips is arranged adjacent to the jaw...
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7318803 |
Endoscope and manufacturing method therefor
An endoscope is provided with a pliable tube composed of an integument layer formed from a resin and a metal tube integrally fitted into this integument layer in an insertion portion. The inner...
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7311659 |
Endoscope shaft
An endoscope shaft comprising a working conduit and a number of supply and/or functional conduits. The supply and/or functional conduits have an excessive length with respect to the endoscope shaft...
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7277833 |
Modeling of the workspace and active pending behavior of an endscope using filter functions
A method is provided for simulating a flexible tube in an environment. The method comprises determining a model of the flexible tube according to a plurality of internal constraints of the flexible...
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7250027 |
Articulating vertebrae with asymmetrical and variable radius of curvature
An endoscope has a first segment with a proximal end and a distal end and is symmetric about an axis. A second segment, comprising a flexible and interconnected linkage system, is pivotably coupled...
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7235046 |
Toroidal propulsion and steering system
An apparatus comprises a body having a torus skin with inner and outer layers, and a drive system configured to propel the apparatus by moving the inner layer relative to the outer layer. The...
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7232434 |
Catheter
A catheter according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a flexible tubular insert section having, in the outer surface of the distal end side of the insert section, a plurality of...
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7169105 |
Flexible tube for an endoscope
A flexible tube for an endoscope has an elongated tubular core body, and an outer cover which is provided over the core body. The outer cover is composed of an inner layer, an outer layer and at...
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7117703 |
Wire-stranded hollow coil body, a medical equipment made therefrom and a method of making the same
A wire-stranded hollow coil body (1) has a multitude of coil line elements (2) stranded along a predetermined circular line to form a flexible wire tube having a central axial hollow portion (3),...
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7115092 |
Tubular compliant mechanisms for ultrasonic imaging systems and intravascular interventional devices
A micromanipulator comprising a tubular structure and a structural compliance mechanism that are formed from a tube made of an elastic and/or superelastic material. Fabricated with laser machining...
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7066880 |
Catheter introducer system for exploration of body cavities
A catheter introducer system for endoscopy is disclosed which includes a steering section and a propulsion section located near the end of the catheter that is introduced in body cavity, and a...
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7060026 |
Diassembly of endoscope having adhesively bonded parts
An endoscope comprises a plurality of members constituting the endoscope, and parts-bonded sections each having at least members thereof bonded together using an adhesive. The temperatures of...
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