Precision Directed Medical Instruments
AssigneeSanovas Intellectual Property, LLC
InventorsErhan H. Gunday, Lawrence J. Gerrans
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Abstract
A system for delivering a medical instrument into a bodily cavity is provided, including an outer shaft having an aperture in a side wall thereof, wherein the aperture is provided at a distal portion of the outer shaft, an inner shaft positioned inside the outer shaft and having an inflatable balloon disposed at a distal portion thereof, and a needle member movably disposed in the outer shaft, wherein the needle member extends outwardly from the outer shaft through the aperture when the balloon is inflated.
Claims38
A system for delivering a medical instrument into a bodily cavity, comprising:
- an outer shaft having an aperture in a side wall thereof, wherein the aperture is provided at a distal portion of the outer shaft;
- an inner shaft positioned inside the outer shaft and having an inflatable balloon disposed at a distal portion thereof;
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- a needle member movably disposed in the outer shaft;
- wherein the needle member extends outwardly from the outer shaft through said aperture when the balloon is inflated.
A system for delivering a medical instrument into a bodily cavity, comprising:
- an outer shaft having an aperture in a side wall thereof, wherein the aperture is provided at a distal portion of the outer shaft;
- an inner shaft positioned inside the outer shaft and having an inflatable balloon disposed at a distal portion thereof;
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- a medical instrument movably disposed in the outer shaft;
- wherein the medical instrument extends outwardly from the outer shaft through said aperture when the balloon is inflated.
A method for delivering a medical instrument into a bodily cavity, comprising the steps of:
- inserting an outer shaft into a bodily cavity, said outer shaft having an inner shaft and a needle member disposed therein, and further having an aperture provided in a side wall thereof at a distal portion of the outer shaft;
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- inflating a balloon disposed at a distal portion of said inner shaft such that the balloon contacts the needle member and causes it to extend outwardly from the outer shaft through said aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.