System, method, and apparatus for accurately deploying particular medical appliances at a target site
US6632228B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/12018
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention regards system, method, and apparatus for selectively and accurately deploying one or more sequentially positioned medical appliances from a portable medical device. An apparatus, in accord with one embodiment of the present invention, includes a ligation tip having an internal passage and an outside surface wherein the outside surface has a plurality of sequentially ordered deployable medical appliances in contact with it. The apparatus also includes a body having a channel in communication with the internal passage of the ligation tip, a string passing through the internal passage and the channel, and an indicator, coupled to the string, for affirmatively verifying that a specific medical appliance, from the plurality of sequentially ordered medical appliances, has been deployed from the ligation tip.
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