US 11,980,414 B2
Minimally invasive access channels into bodily regions
Dinesh I. Mody, San Jose, CA (US); Ketan Shroff, Pleasanton, CA (US); Amrish J. Walke, Milpitas, CA (US); Clarence Emmons, Capitola, CA (US); Grason Ott, Fremont, CA (US); Michael Dobrowski, San Francisco, CA (US); and Meera Mody, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to MicroCube, LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by MicroCube, LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,339.
Application 18/061,339 is a continuation of application No. 14/801,754, filed on Jul. 16, 2015, granted, now 11,540,875, issued on Jan. 3, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/025,359, filed on Jul. 16, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0181247 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/303 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00078 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/303 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00559 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of performing a medical procedure within an anatomical region through a tract leading to the anatomical region, the method comprising:
inserting an endoscope through a cannula and into the tract where the endoscope is configured with to permit visualizations;
visualizing the anatomical region using the endoscope to determine at least one treatment parameter based on a size of the anatomical region;
navigating the endoscope through the tract;
positioning a distal region of the cannula in a target location;
removing the endoscope while maintaining the distal region of the cannula at the target location
advancing a medical device using the cannula to the target location within the anatomical region; and
performing a medical procedure in the anatomical region with the medical device using the at least one treatment parameter.