EP 4326136 A1 20240228 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING THE SIDE WALL OF A BODY LUMEN OR BODY CAVITY
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING THE SIDE WALL OF A BODY LUMEN OR BODY CAVITY
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR MANIPULATION DER SEITENWAND EINES KÖRPERLUMENS ODER KÖRPERHOHLRAUMS
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR MANIPULER LA PAROI LATÉRALE D'UNE LUMIÈRE CORPORELLE OU D'UNE CAVITÉ CORPORELLE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 202163155627 P 20210302
- US 2022018553 W 20220302
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2022187384A1] Apparatus comprising: a flexible sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope, wherein the endoscope comprises a proximal end and a distal end, and a handle disposed at the proximal end of the endoscope, and wherein the sleeve comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a sleeve lumen extending therebetween, and further wherein the sleeve is configured to be slid over the exterior of the endoscope so as to substantially cover the exterior of the endoscope from a point adjacent to the distal end of the endoscope to a point adjacent to the handle of the endoscope; a balloon secured to the distal end of the sleeve; an inflation/deflation tube carried by the sleeve and in fluid communication with an interior of the balloon; and a pair of push tubes mounted to the sleeve.
IPC 8 full level
A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/31 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/01 (2013.01); A61M 25/04 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0175 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2022187384 A1 20220909; CN 117677335 A 20240308; EP 4326136 A1 20240228
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2022018553 W 20220302; CN 202280032638 A 20220302; EP 22763991 A 20220302