Medical device with quick-release mechanism
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsJames BLACK, Jonathan CURRIER, Paul BARNER
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Abstract
A medical device including an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen extending therebetween. The medical device may also include at least one proximal control member extending within the elongate member from the proximal end to the distal end of the elongate member, a coupling mechanism disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongate member, and an end-effector removably coupled to the distal end of the elongate member, wherein the end-effector includes at least one distal control member extending proximally therefrom, and wherein the coupling mechanism is configured to removably couple the at least one distal control member to the at least one proximal control member.
Claims20
A medical device, comprising:
- an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen extending therebetween;
- at least one proximal control member extending within the elongate member from the proximal end to the distal end of the elongate member;
- a coupling mechanism disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongate member;
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- an end-effector removably coupled to the distal end of the elongate member, wherein the end-effector includes at least one distal control member extending proximally therefrom, and wherein the coupling mechanism is configured to removably couple the at least one distal control member to the at least one proximal control member.
A medical device, comprising:
- an elongate member including a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen extending therebetween, wherein a handle is operably coupled to the proximal end;
- a plurality of control members extending within the at least one lumen from the handle to the distal end of the elongate member;
- a coupling mechanism disposed adjacent the distal end of the elongate member, wherein the coupling mechanism includes a plurality of plates, and wherein one of the plurality of plates is movable relative to the other of the plurality of plates;
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- an end-effector removably coupled to the distal end of the elongate member, wherein the end-effector includes a plurality of distal control members extending proximally therefrom.
A method of replacing an end-effector of an endoscopic medical device, the method comprising:
- decoupling the end-effector from a distal portion of an elongate member, wherein decoupling the end-effector includes disengaging at least one distal control member from a proximal control member;
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- coupling a second end-effector to the distal portion of the elongate member, wherein coupling the second end-effector includes coupling a control member extending proximally from the second end-effector to the proximal control member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.