Integrated locking device with passive sealing

US8343041B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ransom H. Byers · Oakland, US
• Alexander E. Dillon · Cambridge, US
• Thomas C. Kochem · Belmont, US
• Daniel Rice · Thompson's Station, US
• Allison L. Schmidt · Durham, US
• Gary A. Jordan · Litchfield, US
• Douglas Pleskow · Needham, US
• Brian Tinkham · Scituate, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 1, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2039/0686
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Endoscope assemblies, biopsy caps, and methods for making and using the same. An example endoscope assembly may include an endoscope having a channel formed therein and a port that provides access to the channel. A cap may be coupled to the port. The cap may include a base having a securing member for securing the cap to the port, an outer shell, a locking member coupled to the outer shell, an inner seal member, and a central opening that extends to the channel. The inner seal member may include a plurality of flaps.