US 12,070,187 B2
Devices, systems, and methods for providing sealable access to a working channel
Harchetan Singh Aneja, Amritsar (IN); Amit Sharad Bharos, Jabalpur (IN); Swami Upadhyay, Raipur (IN); Boopathi Rajarathnam, Salem (IN); Shalin Singh Rawat, Rishikesh (IN); and Venkatesh Neelamegam, Tirupur (IN)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE LIMITED, Galway (IE)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED, St. Michael (BB)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/671,833.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,192, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,201, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/768,808, filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/755,024, filed on Nov. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0138277 A1, May 7, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01)
CPC A61B 1/00137 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00064 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/0014 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); B29D 99/0053 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal assembly, comprising:
a biopsy cap having a first end and a second end, an inner chamber defined therein between the first end and the second end, and a cap aperture at the first end in fluid communication with the inner chamber;
a plurality of seal members disposed within the inner chamber, each seal member having a seal aperture in fluid communication with the cap aperture; and
a base disposed within the inner chamber, the base having a base aperture therethrough in fluid communication with each of the seal apertures;
wherein:
the plurality of seal members are disposed between the base and the first end of the biopsy cap; and
the base further comprises at least two extensions that extend distally from the base and beyond the second end of the biopsy to engage a port of a working channel.