Medical visualization system with endoscope and mounted catheter

US7922650B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John O. McWeeney · Watertown, US
• Benjamin E. Morris · Louisville, US
• David W. Robertson · Greenwood, US
• David I. Freed · Weston, US
• James F. Schuermann · Natick, US
• John B. Golden · Norton, US
• Jozef Slanda · Milford, US
• Brian Keith Wells · Park Lake, US
• Jesse Leonard Farris, III · Andover, US
• Michael S. H. Chu · Brookline, US
• Oscar Carrillo · Attleboro, US
• Todd Hall · Goshen, US
• Yem Chin · Burlington, US
• Mark Adams · Sandy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/3937
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to features and aspects of an in-vivo visualization system that comprises a catheter having an access port leading to an interior lumen through which an image transmission member is routed, and an endoscope having an access port leading to an interior lumen through which the catheter is routed. The catheter and endoscope are connected by an endoscope attachment device such that a handle of the catheter is mounted distal of the endoscope access port and the catheter access port is distal to the mounted position.