External working channels
US11793392B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 8, 2022 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/0063
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) and methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including expandable and external working channels that may be part of a tube that is coupled to an outer surface of an elongate medical device, such as an endoscope.
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