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US 11,529,041 B2Granted
Devices and methods for guiding instruments
AssigneeCSA Medical, Inc.
InventorsSean Forde, Brian M. Hanley, Sean A. McDermott
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods to guide delivery devices and instruments. Exemplary instrument guides, including for endoscopes as delivery devices for cryogen delivery catheters and to guide cryogen decompression tubes as instruments, and methods for use of such instrument guides for use in body lumens at treatment sites, are disclosed.
Claims10
An instrument guide, comprising:
- a collapsible elongate braid with a proximal end opening, a distal end opening, and a lumen extending therebetween configured to slidingly receive a delivery device;
- a collapsible instrument braid with a proximal end opening, a distal end opening, and a lumen extending therebetween configured to slidingly receive an instrument,
- wherein the instrument braid lumen extends substantially parallel to the elongate braid lumen;
- and
- a first clip having a substantially C-shaped channel disposed about the lumen of the elongate braid at the proximal end opening of the lumen of the instrument braid and a second clip having a substantially C-shaped channel disposed about the lumen of the elongate braid at the distal end opening of the lumen of the instrument braid.
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