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US 10,881,277 B2Granted
Distal front end for coordinated positioning of an endoscope with a suction device
AssigneeMotus GI Medical Technologies Ltd.
InventorsNoam Hassidov, Boris Shtul, Eyal Kochavi, Tzach Arnon, Kobi Luleko, Dan Blecher
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Abstract
Devices for joining an endoscope with a system for cleaning a colon or other body lumen are presented. Embodiments include variable placement of distal portions of suction components with respect to the endoscope, multiple suction tubes and/or suction portals, and devices for protecting colon walls from suction damage.
Claims15
A tip adaptor of a colon cleaning system for use with a probe portion of a colonoscope wherein:
- the tip adaptor comprises a shell and an insert having a portion inserted to the shell;
- said shell has:
- a hollow region sized to fittingly accommodate said insert, wherein the material of the shell fully circumferentially surrounds the insert received in said hollow region;
- and
- a mounting lumen, radially spaced from the hollow region, and comprising at least one aperture sized to fittingly receive and fixedly engage a distal end of the probe portion therein;
- the probe portion maintains fluid communication with a body cavity through the aperture;
- the insert portion inserted to the shell comprises a plurality of sockets, each fittingly accommodating a distal end of one or more respective fluid transport tubes;
- the insert comprises a first component and the shell comprises a second different component;
- and
- wherein said shell is elastic enough to deform around said insert in response to external force, and said insert is rigid relative to said shell.
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