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US 2016/0096005 A1Published application
Hybrid introducer
OwnerShweta Bholainventor
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Abstract
A hybrid introducer and its use are provided. In one form, a method includes one or more of the following steps: feeding a guidewire through a hybrid introducer into a scope, the hybrid introducer including a proximal thumb advance portion and a distal tapered portion coupled to the proximal thumb advance portion; removing the proximal thumb advance portion; and feeding an accessory instrument through the distal tapered portion into the scope.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- feeding a guidewire through a hybrid introducer into a scope, the hybrid introducer including a proximal thumb advance portion and a distal tapered portion coupled to the proximal thumb advance portion;
- removing the proximal thumb advance portion;
- and
- feeding an accessory instrument through the distal tapered portion into the scope.
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A method comprising:
- feeding a guidewire through a hybrid introducer into a first endoscope, the hybrid introducer including a proximal thumb advance portion and a distal tapered portion coupled to the proximal thumb advance portion;
- advancing a distal end of the guidewire to a desired location in a patient's body and exchanging the first endoscope with a second endoscope;
- removing the proximal thumb advance portion from the hybrid introducer;
- attaching the distal tapered portion to the second endoscope;
- removing the guidewire;
- feeding an accessory instrument through the distal tapered portion into the endoscope;
- and
- advancing the accessory instrument through the second endoscope to the desired location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.