US 12,075,979 B2
Endoscope air/water flush adaptor and method
Robb M. Gavalis, Westborough, MA (US); Allyn N. Jensrud, Brookline, MA (US); Colby Harris, Weston, MA (US); and Larry E. Stanton, Burlington, 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. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/925,727.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/872,887, filed on Jul. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0007586 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/015 (2013.01) [A61B 1/125 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscopic valve, comprising:
a valve stem, comprising:
a proximal channel with a proximal opening and a distal channel with a distal opening, the proximal and distal channels defining a contiguous channel, a first port formed within a sidewall of the valve stem and in fluid communication with the proximal channel, and
a second port formed within the sidewall of the valve stem and in fluid communication with the proximal channel;
a first seal disposed around an outer surface of the valve stem and distal to the first port;
a second seal disposed around the outer surface of the valve stem and distal to the second port;
a third seal disposed around the outer surface of the valve stem and distal to the second seal;
a gating member slidably disposed within the proximal channel, wherein the gating member is configured to move between a first position in sealing contact with the first port and a second position in sealing contact with the second port, and wherein a lumen extends through the gating member; and
a valve insert disposed between the proximal and distal channels.