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US 11,076,745 B2Granted
Bronchoscopy coupling devices
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsWilliam S. Krimsky, Joshua B. Stopek
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Abstract
Provided in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure is a coupling device configured to receive first and second devices. The coupling device may define a first passageway having an inner surface with a first coefficient of friction and defining a first axis. The coupling device may define a second passageway having an inner surface with a second coefficient of friction and defining a second axis, wherein at least a portion of the second axis is at an angle relative to the first axis.
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A system for coupling a bronchoscope to a surgical tool during a lung procedure, comprising:
- a bronchoscope having an adapter defining a passageway and a flexible insertion tube extending distally from the adapter, the adapter extending from the bronchoscope at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis defined by the bronchoscope, the passageway during use for a lung procedure receiving a catheter and a microwave ablation device therethrough for placement of the microwave ablation device at a target within a patient;
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- a coupling device having an elastomeric sheath defining:
- a first passageway having an inner surface with a first coefficient of friction and defining a first axis, the first passageway including a first proximal opening and a distal opening aligned along the first axis, the first passageway during use for a lung procedure having the flexible insertion tube of the bronchoscope extending therethrough along the first axis and at least one of the catheter or the microwave ablation device extending through the flexible insertion tube along the first axis;
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- a second passageway having an inner surface with a second coefficient of friction and defining a second axis at an angle relative to the first axis, the second passageway including a second proximal opening and sharing the distal opening of the first passageway, the second passageway during use for a lung procedure receiving a surgical tool therethrough such that the surgical tool extends along the second axis into the first passageway and along the first axis, wherein during use for a lung procedure the angle of the second axis relative to the first axis maintains a separation between the bronchoscope and the surgical tool received through the second passageway to enable independent maneuvering of the bronchoscope and the surgical tool relative to each other.
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A system for coupling a bronchoscope to a surgical tool during a lung procedure, comprising:
- a bronchoscope having an adapter defining a passageway and a flexible insertion tube extending distally from the adapter, the adapter extending from the bronchoscope at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis defined by the bronchoscope, the passageway during use for a lung procedure receiving a catheter and a microwave ablation device therethrough for placement of the microwave ablation device at a target within a patient;
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- a coupling device having a body defining:
- a first passageway configured to operatively connect to the adapter of the bronchoscope, the first passageway having an inner surface with a first coefficient of friction and defining a first axis, the first passageway including a first proximal opening and a distal opening aligned along the first axis, the first passageway during use for a lung procedure having the flexible insertion tube of the bronchoscope extending therethrough along the first axis and at least one of the catheter or the microwave ablation device extending through the flexible insertion tube along the first axis;
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- a second passageway configured to releasably support a surgical tool, the second passageway having an inner surface with a second coefficient of friction and defining a second axis that is at an angle relative to the first axis, the second passageway including a second proximal opening and sharing the distal opening of the first passageway, the second passageway during use for a lung procedure receiving the surgical tool therethrough such that the surgical tool extends along the second axis into the first passageway and along the first axis, wherein during use for a lung procedure the angle of the second axis relative to the first axis maintains a separation between the bronchoscope and the surgical tool received through the second passageway to enable independent maneuvering of the bronchoscope and the surgical tool relative to each other.
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A system for coupling a bronchoscope to a surgical tool during a lung procedure, comprising:
- a bronchoscope having an adapter defining a passageway and a flexible insertion tube extending distally from the adapter, the adapter extending from the bronchoscope at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis defined by the bronchoscope, the passageway during use for a lung procedure receiving a catheter and a microwave ablation device therethrough for placement of the microwave ablation device at a target within a patient;
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- a coupling device having a body defining:
- a first passageway defining a first axis and configured to receive a bronchoscope therethrough, the first passageway including:
- an inner surface with a first coefficient of friction;
- a first proximal opening;
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- a distal opening aligned with the first proximal opening along the first axis, the first passageway during use for a lung procedure having the flexible insertion tube of the bronchoscope extending therethrough along the first axis and at least one of the catheter or the microwave ablation device extending through the flexible insertion tube along the first axis;
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- a second passageway sharing the distal opening of the first passageway, the second passageway configured to receive a surgical tool therethrough and defining a second axis angled from the first axis, the second passageway including:
- a second proximal opening smaller than the first proximal opening;
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- an inner surface with a second coefficient of friction that is less than the first coefficient of friction;
- wherein:
- the second passageway during use for a lung procedure receiving the surgical tool therethrough such that the surgical tool extends along the second axis into the first passageway and along the first axis;
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- during use for a lung procedure the angle of the second axis relative to the first axis maintains a separation between the bronchoscope and the surgical tool received through the second passageway to enable independent maneuvering of the bronchoscope and the surgical tool relative to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.