Endoscopic patch applicator
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsJoseph W. KING, Gonzalo Jose Saenz Villalobos, John T. Favreau, Lauren S Lydecker
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Abstract
A medical dispensing device including a catheter, an applicator tip at a distal end of the catheter, the catheter and the applicator tip defining a lumen having a longitudinal axis and a distal opening, a plunger in the lumen and movable along the longitudinal axis, and a plurality of elements in the lumen proximal to the distal opening and distal to the plunger, the plurality of elements stacked along the longitudinal axis for dispersement one element at a time through the distal opening to via a force applied by the plunger.
Claims20
A medical dispensing device comprising:
- a catheter defining a lumen having a longitudinal axis and a distal opening;
- a plunger disposed in the lumen and movable along the longitudinal axis;
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- a plurality of elements disposed in the lumen proximal to the distal opening and distal to the plunger, the plurality of elements being stacked along the longitudinal axis for dispersement one element at a time through the distal opening via a force applied by the plunger.
A medical dispensing device comprising:
- a handle;
- a catheter extending distally from the handle;
- an applicator tip at a distal end of the catheter, the catheter and the applicator tip defining a lumen having a longitudinal axis and a distal opening;
- a plunger disposed in the lumen and movable along the longitudinal axis;
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- a plurality of elements disposed in the lumen proximal to the distal opening and distal to the plunger, the plurality of elements being stacked along the longitudinal axis for dispersement one element at a time through the distal opening.
A method for applying a medical patch to tissue, the method comprising:
- pushing a stack of patches toward a distal opening of a catheter;
- moving the catheter toward a target, such that a distalmost patch from the stack of patches contacts the target;
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- moving the catheter in a proximal direction, away from the target, thereby releasing the distalmost patch from the catheter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.