- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for manipulating the side wall of a body lumen or body cavity so as to provide increased visualization of the same and/or increased access to the same, and/or for stabilizing instruments relative to the same
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Application No.: US16215843Application Date: 2018-12-11
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Publication No.: US11076743B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: John Frederick Cornhill , Jeffrey Milsom , Sameer Sharma , Tuan Anh Nguyen , Christopher Dillon , Gabriel Greeley , Rahul Sathe , Matthew DeNardo , Ashley Whitney , Jeremy Van Hill , Anthony Assal , Stephen Evans , Timothy Robinson , Alan Fortunate , Audrey Bell , Richard Yazbeck , Brian David Chouinard , Phal Kun Chan , William Rebh
- Applicant: Lumendi Ltd.
- Applicant Address: GB Buckinghamshire
- Assignee: Lumendi Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Lumendi Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: GB Buckinghamshire
- Agency: Pandiscio & Pandiscio
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/31 ; A61M25/10 ; A61M25/00

Abstract:
Apparatus comprising: a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; an aft balloon secured to the sleeve; an inflation/deflation tube carried by the sleeve and in fluid communication with the interior of the aft balloon; a pair of hollow push tubes slidably mounted to the sleeve, the pair of hollow push tubes being connected to one another at their distal ends with a raised push tube bridge, the raised push tube bridge being configured to nest an endoscope therein; and a fore balloon secured to the distal ends of the pair of hollow push tubes, the interior of the fore balloon being in fluid communication with the interiors of the pair of hollow push tubes, wherein the fore balloon is capable of assuming a deflated condition and an inflated condition, and further wherein (i) when the fore balloon is in its deflated condition, an axial opening extends therethrough, the axial opening being sized to receive the endoscope therein, and (ii) when the fore balloon is in its inflated condition, the axial opening is closed down.
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