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US 2016/0095510 A1Published application
Attachment device for a ureteroscope
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsChristopher L. OSKIN, Michael BARENBOYM
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Abstract
An attachment device for a ureteroscope may include a proximal guide configured to removably connect to a ureteroscope and a distally extending sheath. The sheath may have sufficient rigidity to maintain a generally straight configuration.
Claims20
An attachment device for a ureteroscope, comprising:
- a proximal guide configured to removably connect to a ureteroscope;
- and
- a distally extending sheath;
- wherein the sheath has sufficient rigidity to maintain a generally straight configuration.
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A medical device, comprising:
- a handle;
- an elongated tubular member with an image sensor;
- and
- an attachment device removably coupled to the handle, wherein the attachment device comprises a sheath having a higher durometer than the tubular member.
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A method for using a ureteroscope with an attachment device, comprising:
- coupling an attachment device to a ureteroscope such that the ureteroscope can be used to perform a cystoscopy procedure, wherein the attachment device includes a sheath having a higher durometer than a tubular member of the ureteroscope;
- and
- uncoupling the sheath from the ureteroscope such that the ureteroscope can be used to perform a ureteroscopy procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.