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US 12,575,717 B2Granted
Device delivery tools and systems
AssigneeGI Scientific, LLC
InventorScott Miller
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Abstract
Tools and systems for the delivery of medical devices or components, and more specifically, to tools and systems that assist or facilitate the delivery of one or more medical device or component over, onto, into, or against, another medical device or component are provided. More specifically, delivery tools and systems for the placement of an endoscopic device over, onto, into, or against, another instrument or endoscope are provided.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a scope accessory for use with an endoscope having a working channel, wherein the scope accessory includes a main body for allowing viewing of tissue by the endoscope and a proximal end configured for attachment to a distal end portion of the endoscope;
- an insertion instrument for coupling the scope accessory to the endoscope, the insertion instrument having a gripping portion and an extension shaft configured for advancing into the proximal end of the scope accessory;
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- wherein the insertion instrument further comprises a pair of pivotable arms, the arms extending from a device delivery portion of the insertion instrument at a first end, into a handle portion at an opposed, second end, and connected together at a pivotable connection and a removable spacer for enclosing the device delivery portion of the insertion instrument.
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A system comprising:
- a scope accessory for use with an endoscope having a working channel, wherein the scope accessory includes a main body for allowing viewing of tissue by the endoscope and a proximal end configured for attachment to a distal end portion of the endoscope;
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- an insertion instrument for coupling the scope accessory to the endoscope, the instrument comprising a pair of pivotable arms and a removable spacer, wherein the pivotable arms further include stabilizing side bars configured to allow the pivotable arms to lock together, wherein the stabilizing side bars include a ratcheting surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.