Full thickness resection device
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorRonald D. Adams
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Abstract
An operating head for a full thickness resection system includes a first optical device disposed on a distal portion thereof and having a viewing area extending distally of the distal portion and a working chamber extending within an exterior wall of the operating head, a first portion of the exterior wall being moveable with respect to a second portion thereof to selectively open the working chamber to an exterior of the operating head. Furthermore, the operating head includes a second optical device mounted within the working chamber with a viewing area of the second optical device extending distally therefrom.
Claims27
An operating head for a full thickness resection device, comprising:
- a first optical device disposed on a distal portion thereof, the first optical device having a viewing area extending distally of the distal portion;
- a working chamber extending within an exterior wall of the operating head, a first portion of the exterior wall being moveable with respect to a second portion thereof to selectively open the working chamber to an exterior of the operating head;
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- a second optical device mounted within the working chamber with a viewing area extending distally therefrom.
A full thickness resection system comprising:
- a steerable endoscope extending from a proximal end which remains outside a patient's body during use to a distal end;
- an operating head coupled to the distal end of the endoscope and defining a working chamber therein, wherein a first portion of an exterior wall of the operating head is moveable with respect to a second portion thereof to selectively open the working chamber to an exterior of the operating head;
- first and second optical devices, the first optical device having a viewing area extending distally of the distal portion of the operating head and the second optical device having a viewing area extending distally from the working chamber of the operating head;
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- a controller coupled to the proximal end of the endoscope for controlling operation of the endoscope and the operating head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.