US 11,723,523 B2
One-piece elevator for a duodenoscope
Joey Magno, Dudley, MA (US); Kurt G. Shelton, Bedford, MA (US); Thomas J. Holman, Princeton, MN (US); and Michael Sansoucy, Wrentham, MA (US)
Assigned to Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US)
Filed by GYRUS ACMI, INC., Southborough, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/126,768.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/024,674, filed on May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/024,682, filed on May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/958,782, filed on Jan. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/958,041, filed on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0204800 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/273 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/018 (2013.01) [A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00098 (2013.01); A61B 1/00103 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/00121 (2013.01); A61B 1/053 (2013.01); A61B 1/0623 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/121 (2013.01); A61B 1/00177 (2013.01); A61B 1/2736 (2013.01); A61B 2505/05 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elevator for a side-viewing endoscope, comprising:
a first end secured to an interior surface of a distal portion of the side-viewing endoscope;
a second end generally opposite to the first end, the second end being movable with respect to the first end by an actuator of the side-viewing endoscope;
a flexible portion positioned between the first and the second end, the flexible portion rotatable with respect to the first end when the second end is moved by the actuator from an un-deflected position to an actuated position, wherein the flexible portion is curved such that the second end portion is opposed and parallel to the first end portion in both the un-deflected portion and the actuated position; and
a guide portion extending between the flexible portion and the second end to receive an endotherapy instrument extending from an instrument channel of the side-viewing endoscope, the guide portion comprising a chute configured to guide a distal end of the endotherapy instrument as the distal end leaves the distal portion of the side-viewing endoscope.