Patent · US Expired

Propulsion of a probe in the colon using a flexible sleeve

US6485409B1 · kind B1 · utility

232Cited by

17References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Sightline Technologies Ltd. · IL

Inventors

Michael Voloshin · Haifa, IL
Yackov Bar-Or · Haifa, IL
Victor Levin · Haifa, IL
Giora Bernat · Haifa, IL
Dan Oz · Even Yehuda, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 13, 2000
Grant date	Nov 26, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 13, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M25/0119
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Endoscopic apparatus which advances within a lumen (40) includes a probe (20) having distal and proximal ends and a flexible sleeve (26) coupled proximally to the probe. The sleeve is inflated in order to propel the probe within the lumen. The probe typically includes an imaging device (28), which captures images inside the lumen.

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