US 12,108,985 B2
Fluid management system with integrated laser fiber cooling
Michelle Maher, Tipperary (IE); Lee Smith, Waterford (IE); William Stanhope, Lunenburg, MA (US); Nishant Khattar, White Bear Township, MN (US); Eric Wong, South Grafton, MA (US); Niraj Prasad Rauniyar, Plymouth, MN (US); and Logan Ernster, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/388,535.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,687, filed on Jul. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031392 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/22 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00678 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00714 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2253 (2017.05); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A medical system, comprising:
an endoscope comprising:
an elongate shaft configured to access a treatment site within a patient; and
a handle coupled to a proximal end of the elongate shaft;
a laser device including an elongate tubular member configured for insertion through a working lumen of the elongate shaft of the endoscope, the elongate tubular member including a cooling channel and a laser fiber extending distally within the cooling channel; and
a fluid management system comprising:
an inflow pump configured to pump fluid from a first fluid supply source through the elongate shaft to the treatment site;
a cooling pump configured to pump fluid from a second fluid supply source through the cooling channel; and
a controller configured to control the inflow pump and the cooling pump.