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US 2026/0263056 A1Published application
Real-time sampling system
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsDavid A. Herrin, Christopher Ralph
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for securing an elongated instrument within a control device used to extend the elongated instrument. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a control device configured to facilitate extension of an elongated instrument to a target location. A port within an end of the control device is configured to compressably engage sides of the elongated instrument to secure the elongated instrument to move with the control device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a radial ultrasound probe into a port within an end of an actuator movably disposed over a distal end of a housing portion of a control system, the actuator movable over the housing to extend the radial ultrasound probe within an insertion device used to sample tissue at a desired location within a patient's body;
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- compressing a flexible gasket including a bore aligned with the port against sides of the radial ultrasound probe to secure the radial ultrasound probe within the port to move with the actuator, the flexible gasket being at least partially disposed within a mounting socket in a distal end of the actuator.
A method comprising:
- conveying a sampling needle and an imaging probe to a target location using an elongated instrument sampling probe, wherein the imaging probe is a radial ultrasound probe;
- extending the sampling needle to the target location by moving a needle actuator over a distal end of a guide tube coupled to a control system;
- receiving the imaging probe into a port within an end of an actuator portion of the control system;
- compressing a flexible gasket including a bore aligned with the port against sides of the imaging probe to secure the imaging probe to move with the actuator portion, the flexible gasket being disposed within a mounting socket in a distal end of the actuator portion;
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- rotating a rotatable cap movably disposed within the distal end of the actuator portion to compress the flexible gasket within the end of the actuator portion.
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