US 12,137,875 B2
Endoscopic device removal system and method
Scott Miller, Arlington, VA (US)
Assigned to GI SCIENTIFIC, LLC, Arlington, VA (US)
Appl. No. 17/420,424
Filed by GI SCIENTIFIC, LLC, Arlington, VA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/012251
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/142736, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,901, filed on Jan. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079425 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00131 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for removing a device from an endoscopic instrument, the system comprising:
a removal element for gripping the device, the removal element having a body comprising a central portion and first and second gripping arms movably coupled to the central portion; and
an insertion device coupled to the removal element and having an elongate shaft configured for advancement into an internal channel within the device, wherein the elongate shaft is collapsible such that an outer diameter of at least a portion of the elongate shaft is reduced upon advancement into the internal channel of the device.