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US 8,617,196 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for performing needle guided interventions
AssigneeXLumena, Inc.
InventorKenneth F. Binmoeller
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for performing needle guided interventions and especially needle guided dilations of tissue to create a therapeutic conduit between two luminal organs or structures. The device is particularly useful for creation of an artificial lumen between two hollow body organs using the working lumen of an endoscope.
Claims4
A method of forming a passageway in the wall of a hollow body organ comprising:
- placing an apparatus into the working channel of an endoscope and coupling the apparatus to the proximal end of an endoscope,
- positioning the distal end of the endoscope near the wall of a hollow body organ, advancing a needle across the organ wall with a needle actuator to form a passageway and fixing the needle to the endoscope using a locking member, advancing a catheter device having a distal dilation balloon over the needle and through the passageway using a catheter device actuator and fixing the catheter device to the endoscope using a locking member, and
- inflating the balloon to enlarge the passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.