Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for laser lithotripsy
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Application No.: US16808491Application Date: 2020-03-04
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Publication No.: US11311338B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Tailin Fan , Kurt G. Shelton
- Applicant: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Southborough
- Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Southborough
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B18/16
- IPC: A61B18/16 ; A61B18/26 ; A61B17/221 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B18/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for fragmenting a stone includes an endoscope, a laser fiber, a sheath and a detection feedback system. The endoscope includes a working channel. The working channel is configured to have a retrieval basket inserted therethrough. The sheath may include a first lumen and a second lumen. A first one of the lumen is connected to the endoscope with a shaft of the endoscope extending through the first lumen. A second one of the lumen is spaced from the shaft of the endoscope providing a channel proximate an exterior side of the shaft. The second lumen has the laser fiber inserted therethrough. The detection feedback system is configured to deliver a low energy check pulse from the laser fiber and detect a response, and configured to at least partially control delivery of a high energy laser pulse from the laser fiber to cause the stone to fragment.
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