Medical device light source
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorEric Cheng
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed medical devices for illuminating and viewing a patient's internal body portion. The device may include an elongated flexible tube including a distal end and a proximal end. The tube defines a channel extending from the proximal end to an aperture at the distal end. An illumination device is housed within the channel and configured to emit a distally directed path of light. A light source is provided at the distal end of the flexible tube and configured to emit a laterally directed path of light. In one embodiment the light source is a organic light emitting diode.
Claims31
A medical device, comprising:
- an elongated flexible tube including a distal end and a proximal end, the tube defining a channel extending from the proximal end to an aperture at the distal end;
- an illumination device housed within the channel configured to emit a distally directed path of light;
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- a light source provided at the distal end of the flexible tube configured to emit a laterally directed path of light.
A medical device, comprising:
- an elongated flexible tube including a distal end and a proximal end, the tube defining a channel extending from the proximal end to an aperture at the distal end;
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- a light source provided along an outside surface of the flexible tube at a distal end of the flexible tube, the light source configured to emit light laterally and distally of the distal end of the flexible tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.