US 11,998,169 B2
Method and apparatus for manipulating the side wall of a body lumen or body cavity so as to provide increased visualization of the same and/or increased access to the same, and/or for stabilizing instruments relative to the same
Peter Johann, Schifferstadt (DE); Sergey Kantsevoy, Owings Mills, MD (US); Jeffrey Milsom, New York, NY (US); and Sameer Sharma, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Lumendi Ltd., (GB); and Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US)
Filed by Lumendi Ltd., Buckinghamshire (GB)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/855,679.
Application 16/855,679 is a division of application No. 16/513,388, filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Application 16/513,388 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/477,789, filed on Jul. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,877,722.
Application 16/477,789 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/000,104, granted, now 10,874,286, previously published as PCT/US2018/013894, filed on Jan. 16, 2018.
Application 16/000,104 is a continuation of application No. 14/619,845, filed on Feb. 11, 2015, granted, now 9,986,893, issued on Jun. 5, 2018.
Application 14/619,845 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/540,355, filed on Nov. 13, 2014, granted, now 9,924,853, issued on Mar. 27, 2018.
Application 14/540,355 is a continuation of application No. 12/969,059, filed on Dec. 15, 2010, granted, now 8,979,884, issued on Mar. 17, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/698,583, filed on Jul. 16, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/462,241, filed on Feb. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/446,167, filed on Jan. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/938,446, filed on Feb. 11, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/284,215, filed on Dec. 15, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2020/0245848 A1, Aug. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01)
CPC A61B 1/00082 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/31 (2013.01); A61M 25/1011 (2013.01); A61M 25/1018 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0008 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1015 (2013.01); A61M 25/10182 (2013.11); A61M 25/10187 (2013.11)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus comprising:
a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope, wherein the endoscope comprises a proximal end and a distal end, and a handle disposed at the proximal end of the endoscope, and wherein the sleeve comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a sleeve lumen extending therebetween, and further wherein the sleeve is configured to be slid over the exterior of the endoscope so as to substantially cover the exterior of the endoscope from a point adjacent to the distal end of the endoscope to a point adjacent to the handle of the endoscope;
a balloon secured to the sleeve adjacent to the distal end of the sleeve;
a pair of push tubes extending from the distal end of the sleeve to the proximal end of the sleeve; and
at least one instrument lumen carried by the sleeve, wherein the at least one instrument lumen comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen extending therebetween, wherein the distal end of the instrument lumen opens at the distal end of the sleeve, distal to the balloon, whereby to facilitate advancement of a tool to the distal end of the sleeve such that the tool exits the sleeve distal to the balloon.