Method for instrument insertion through a body orifice

US8118820B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael J. Stokes · Cincinnati, US
• Thomas Albrecht · Beilngries, DE
• Mark S. Ortiz · Milford, US
• Mark S. Zeiner · Milford, US
• Andrew M. Zwolinski · Cincinnati, US
• Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2006
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 17, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/0469
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for inserting an instrument through a natural orifice. The instrument has a low profile orientation and a deployed orientation which is larger than the size of the natural orifice through which it is to be inserted. The method is achieved by coupling the instrument to an endoscope and placing the instrument in its low profile orientation, inserting the endoscope and the instrument through a natural orifice to a target position within a body while the instrument is in its low profile orientation, actuating the instrument to it is deployed orientation, and returning the instrument to its low profile orientation and withdrawing the instrument from the body through the natural orifice.