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US 2016/0106300 A1Published application
Flexible Endoscopic Exoskeleton Surgical System
OwnerWillard S. Noyesinventor
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Abstract
A surgical system includes a flexible endoscope including a lens at a distal endoscope end, a hollow shaft including a proximal shaft end and a distal shaft end, and an instrument spanning the length of the shaft. The instrument includes a handle portion adjacent the proximal shaft end and a tool portion adjacent the distal shaft end. When the endoscope is inserted into the shaft, the lens provides, adjacent the proximal shaft end, direct visualization of the change in condition of the tool portion of the instrument adjacent to the distal shaft end.
Claims20
A surgical system comprising:
- a flexible endoscope including a lens at a distal endoscope end;
- a hollow shaft including a proximal shaft end and a distal shaft end;
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- an instrument spanning the length of the shaft including a handle portion adjacent the proximal shaft end and a tool portion adjacent the distal shaft end;
- wherein, when the endoscope is inserted into the shaft, the lens provides, adjacent the proximal shaft end, direct visualization of the tool portion of the instrument adjacent to the distal shaft end.
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A method of performing an endoscopy on a patient comprising:
- providing shaft including a proximal shaft end and a distal shaft end, wherein a handle portion and a tool portion of an instrument are at the proximal shaft end and the distal shaft end, respectively;
- providing an endoscope including an eyepiece at an endoscope proximal end and a lens at an endoscope distal end, wherein the eyepiece is in visual communication with the lens;
- inserting the distal shaft end into the patient;
- inserting the endoscope distal end through the shaft so that it exits the distal shaft end;
- viewing the tool portion of the instrument through the eyepiece of the endoscope.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.