Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope overtube for insertion through a natural body orifice
- Patent Title (中): 内窥镜外套管插入通过天然的身体孔
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Application No.: US13551942Application Date: 2012-07-18
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Publication No.: US09386910B2Publication Date: 2016-07-12
- Inventor: Stephen West
- Applicant: Stephen West
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61M5/178
- IPC: A61M5/178 ; A61M25/00 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/12 ; A61B1/273 ; G02B23/24 ; A61B17/34 ; A61M39/06 ; A61M39/22

Abstract:
An endoscope overtube includes a flexible tubular member and a hub assembly provided at the proximal end of the tubular member. The hub assembly includes an elastic sleeve seal cuff extending about the inner surface of a body member of the hub. The ends of seal cuff are coupled to the body member. An inflation line extends into the body member in communication with the outer surface of the seal cuff. When fluid is pressurized through the inflation line, the cuff is distended inward to reduce the size of the opening through the port such that the cuff forms a seal about an endoscope received through the hub. The body member is preferably coupled to each of the flexible tubular member and to the elastic seal cuff using a snap-fit engagement of parts such that no fasteners, welds, glues, etc. are necessary for securing the hub assembly together.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140024896A1 ENDOSCOPE OVERTUBE FOR INSERTION THROUGH A NATURAL BODY ORIFICE Public/Granted day:2014-01-23
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