Lithotripsy guide system
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc. d/b/a Olympus Surgical Technologies America
InventorsJoey Magno, Charles A. Baker
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Abstract
A laser lithotripsy guide system for guiding a laser fiber during a lithotripsy procedure may include a guide which may include a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The guide may define a guide bore to receive a laser fiber therethrough. The guide may include at least one prong on the distal end portion. The guide system may also include a mounting assembly which may be securable to the laser fiber. The mounting assembly may be releasably insertable into the proximal end portion of the guide to releasably secure the mounting assembly to the guide.
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A laser lithotripsy guide system for guiding a laser fiber during a lithotripsy procedure, the guide system comprising:
- a guide including a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the guide defining a guide bore to receive a laser fiber therethrough, the guide including at least one prong on the distal end portion;
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- a mounting assembly securable to the laser fiber, the mounting assembly releasably insertable into the proximal end portion of the guide to releasably secure the mounting assembly to the guide.
A method of operating a laser lithotripsy guide system for guiding a laser fiber during a lithotripsy procedure using an endoscope, the method comprising:
- coupling the laser fiber to a guide system, the guide system including a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the distal end portion of the guide system including at least one prong, wherein an axial movement of the laser fiber is limited relative to the guide system, wherein the laser fiber is coupled such that a distal end of the laser fiber is a specified distance from a distal end of the at least one prong;
- engaging a target with at least one of the at least one prong to provide a specified spacing between a tip of the laser fiber and the target;
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- applying laser energy to the target.
A laser lithotripsy guide system for guiding a laser fiber during a lithotripsy procedure, the guide system comprising:
- a mounting assembly securable to a laser fiber;
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- a guide comprising:
- a body configured to receive the mounting assembly at least partially therein to releasably secure the mounting assembly and the laser fiber to the guide, the body defining a guide bore to receive the laser fiber therethrough when the mounting assembly is secured to the guide;
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- at least one prong extending distally from the body, the at least one prong configured to at least partially surround the laser fiber when the laser fiber extends through the guide bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.