US 11,751,753 B2
Medical systems and devices for physically and electronically coupling medical devices
Amy Levasseur, Holliston, MA (US); Louis J. Barbato, Franklin, MA (US); and William J. Abner, Rutland, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/924,258.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,201, filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0016060 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 1/273 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 1/317 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00128 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00004 (2013.01); A61B 1/00025 (2013.01); A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); A61B 1/00133 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/044 (2022.02); A61M 25/0113 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00103 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/2676 (2013.01); A61B 1/273 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); A61B 1/31 (2013.01); A61B 1/317 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical system comprising:
an insertion device including a handle, an insertion portion, a port fluidly coupled to a portion of the insertion portion, and a connection portion;
a medical device including a handle, an insertion portion, and a connection portion configured to be coupled to the connection portion of the insertion device; and
a control unit,
wherein the connection portion of the medical device is configured to be coupled to the connection portion of the insertion device to form an electronic and physical connection between the insertion device and the medical device,
wherein the control unit is physically and electronically coupled to the insertion device via an umbilicus,
wherein the control unit delivers power through the umbilicus to both the insertion device and the medical device to power one or more distal components on a distal end of the insertion portion of the insertion device and to power one or more distal components on a distal end of the insertion portion of the medical device, and
wherein the insertion device includes a controller to receive signals from the one or more distal components of the insertion device and from the one or more distal components of the medical device.