US 11,882,999 B2
Coupler device for an endoscope
Scott Miller, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by GI Scientific, LLC, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/572,852.
Application 17/572,852 is a continuation of application No. 16/897,098, filed on Jun. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,253,137.
Application 16/897,098 is a continuation of application No. 15/746,196, granted, now 10,856,724, issued on Dec. 8, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2016/043371, filed on Jul. 21, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/195,291, filed on Jul. 21, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0125281 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/273 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00098 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00089 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00101 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/00131 (2013.01); A61B 1/00133 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/00142 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/00177 (2013.01); A61B 1/01 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/126 (2013.01); A61B 1/2736 (2013.01); A61B 1/00103 (2013.01); A61B 1/00181 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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12. A system comprising:
an endoscope having a working channel within an elongate shaft; and
a coupler device having a main body comprising a visualization section for allowing viewing of tissue by the endoscope and a proximal end configured for attachment to a distal end portion of the endoscope;
a passage within the main body having an open distal end and a proximal end configured for alignment with the working channel of the endoscope;
a flexible membrane in contact with, and coupled to, an outer surface of the main body and at least partially surrounding the exit portal; and
wherein the device is configured such that an instrument passing through the passage is capable of angular adjustment relative to the main body by actuation of the endoscope.