US 11,793,546 B2
Surgical visualization systems and related methods
Daniel Thommen, Liestal (CH); Judith Flock, Basel (CH); Veronique Christine Zollmann, Gebenstorf (CH); William Kane, Newport Beach, CA (US); J. Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US); Thomas Gamache, Westport, MA (US); John Conidi, Plainville, MA (US); Leonard Bryant Guffey, Duxbury, MA (US); and Eric Kolb, Sandy Hook, CT (US)
Assigned to MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL, Le Locle (CH)
Filed by MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL, Le Locle (CH)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,305.
Application 17/740,305 is a continuation of application No. 15/901,435, filed on Feb. 21, 2018, granted, now 11,344,190.
Application 15/901,435 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/692,845, filed on Aug. 31, 2017, granted, now 11,331,090.
Application 15/692,845 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/437,792, filed on Feb. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,874,425, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Application 15/437,792 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/254,877, filed on Sep. 1, 2016, granted, now 10,987,129, issued on Apr. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,475, filed on Mar. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/214,297, filed on Sep. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265134 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
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OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical method, comprising;
inserting an access device into a patient, the access device having a working channel and a visualization channel;
inserting a housing having a camera module therein into the visualization channel of the access device, the housing comprising a sidewall having a concave inner surface disposed adjacent the working channel and a convex outer surface disposed opposite the concave inner surface, wherein the concave inner surface is connected to the outer surface by first and second transition regions that define sections of respective cylinders, a distal-facing end surface, first and second fluid lumens wherein the first and second transition regions follow the outer perimeters of the first and second fluid lumens, the housing having a tissue shield that extends distally beyond a terminal distal end surface of the housing, and the camera module having a lens; and
while the access device and camera module are inserted into the patient, actuating a lens cleaning device to clean a visualization path to the lens of the camera module.