Gyrus Acmi, Inc.

Olympus Winter Ibe Gmbh

Gyrus Acmi, Inc D/b/a Olympus Surgical Technologies America

Alexander Carroux

Kurt G Shelton

Christopher A Cook

Kester Julian Batchelor

Jyue Boon Lim

Shweta Bhola

Koji Shimomura

A medical apparatus including an endoscopic tool including first and second members longitudinally slidable relative to each other; and a control connected to a proximal end of the endoscopic tool. The control includes a housing and an actuation mechanism. The actuation mechanism is longitudinally slidably connected to the housing. The actuation mechanism has the first member and/or the second member connected thereto. The housing includes a connector configured to removably connect the housing to a control section of an endoscope.

Surgeon controlled endoscope device and method

Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a solid wire and a delivery catheter. The solid wire being provided with one or more retention mechanisms at a proximal end, a distal end, or both. The delivery catheter being capable of maintaining the one or more retention mechanisms in a delivery configuration. The one or more retention mechanisms are configured to expand to a deployed configuration upon removal of the delivery catheter.

Solid wire ureteral stent

A medical access sheath including a first member and a second member. The first member has a gap through a wall of the first member. The second member is connected to the first member. The first and second members form a tube. The wall of the first member forms a first wall portion of the tube. The second member extends across the gap such that the second member forms a second wall portion of the tube at the gap.

Expandable medical access sheath

A medical apparatus including an endoscopic tool including first and second members longitudinally slideable relative to each other; and a control connected to a proximal end of the endoscopic tool. The control includes a housing and an actuation mechanism. The actuation mechanism is longitudinally slideably connected to the housing. The actuation mechanism has the first member and/or the second member connected thereto. The housing includes a connector configured to removeably connect the housing to a control section of an endoscope.

A medical apparatus including an endoscopic tool including first and second members longitudinally slideable relative to each other; and a control connected to a proximal end of the endoscopic tool. The control includes a housing and a slider. The slider is longitudinally slideably connected to the housing. The slider has the first member and/or the second member connected thereto. The housing includes a connector configured to removeably connect the housing to a control section of an endoscope.

Methods and apparatus for a stone fragment suction device. An apparatus includes a steerable access sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, a tip at the distal end, and a suction conduit positioned within a central lumen of the steerable access sheath from the distal end to the proximal end, the steerable access sheath containing an outer lumen surrounding the central lumen with one or more channels therethrough, an outer circumference of the outer lumen and an outer circumference of the central lumen forming concentric circles, the steerable access sheath further including a radiopaque material at the distal end or along a length of the steerable access sheath to enable tracking with a remote fluoroscopic device.

Stone fragment suction device

A ureteral calculus suction instrument having a shaft through which a suction channel that can be connected to a suction device passes, wherein a collecting container having a distal opening and a proximal opening is arranged distally from the shaft, of which openings the proximal opening is connected to the distal end of the suction channel.

Ureteral calculus suction instrument having a shaft

A medical access sheath including a first member, a second member and a third member. The first member includes a longitudinal length and a channel therethrough. The first member includes a slit along the longitudinal length. The channel is configured to expand from a first cross-sectional size to a larger second cross-sectional size. The slit is configured to enlarge as the channel expands. The second member is connected to the first member proximate the slit. The second member extends across the slit. The second member is configured to expand from first configuration to second configuration. The third member is removably located within the channel. The third member is configured to keep the second member in the first configuration when the third member is located in the channel. The third member is configured to release the second member to the second configuration when the third member is removed from the channel.

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Alexander Carroux