US 12,133,633 B2
Distal tips for medical devices
Richard Crawford, Galway (IE); Martin Fawdry, Galway (IE); Ben McNicholl, Lisburn (IE); Aiden Flanagan, Kilcolgan (IE); Elizabeth Albrecht, White Bear Lake, MN (US); Leili Salehi, Waltham, MA (US); Anne Gu, Waltham, MA (US); Bryan Clark, Forest Lake, MN (US); and Megan Chrobak, Groton, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/226,152.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/008,152, filed on Apr. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0315446 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/018 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00091 (2013.01); A61B 1/00101 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
a distal tip having:
a viewing element,
a lighting element,
at least one mating component configured to removably couple the distal tip to a shaft, and
an elevator control wire for raising and lowering an elevator of an endoscope, wherein a proximal end of the elevator control wire is at a distal end of the medical device and includes a notch configured to mate with a protrusion of a sleeve that extends around a distal portion of a shaft elevator control wire;
a working channel fixedly coupled to the distal tip and defining a central lumen configured to receive a tool, wherein a wall of the working channel defines at least one additional lumen, and wherein the working channel is configured to be removably inserted into the shaft; and
at least one of a wire, a cable, or a conduit passing through the at least one additional lumen.