Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Cornell University

Boston Scientific Corporation

Anh Nguyen

Michael S Banik

Lucien Alfred Couvillon, Jr

William H Stahley

Dennis R Boulais

Darwin Keith-Lucas

Jeffrey Milsom

Timothy Norman Johnson

John Frederick Cornhill

Anthony Z Assal

Lucien A Couvillon, Jr

Sang Hyeon Lee

Andrew Harvey

Jia Xing

Gerard I Libby

Blair Hough

Jennifer Vondran

Minh Duong

Vladimir Gilman

James Goldie

Russell Corwin

Matthew Baird

Darwin T Keith-Lucas

Sang Lee

A mechanical vacuum dressing comprising: a first valve layer comprising a first one-way valve; a second valve layer comprising a second one-way valve; the first valve layer being joined to the second valve layer so as to define a chamber therebetween; the first one-way valve being configured to admit fluid into the chamber through the first one-way valve but prevent fluid from exiting the chamber through the first one-way valve; the second one-way valve being configured to exhaust fluid from the chamber through the second one-way valve but prevent fluid from entering the chamber through the second one-way valve; and the second valve layer comprising an elastomeric material such that (i) when the second valve layer is moved away from the first valve layer, the volume of the chamber is increased, and (ii) when the second valve layer is thereafter released, the second valve layer moves back towards the first valve layer and the volume of the chamber is decreased.

Mechanical vacuum dressing for mechanically managing, protecting and suctioning small incisional wounds

The present invention is an integrated and automated irrigation and aspiration system for use in an endoscopic imaging system. The system provides for the automated cleaning of poorly prepared patients during a colonoscopy procedure as well as automated cleaning of an imaging system of an endoscope. The invention analyzes images obtained from an image sensor to detect the presence of an obstructed field of view, whereupon a wash routine is initiated to remove the obstruction. The wash routine may be adjusted in accordance with environmental conditions within the patient that are sensed by one or more sensors within the endoscope. In another embodiment, insufflation is automatically controlled to inflate a patient's colon as a function of one or more sensor readings obtained from one or more environmental sensor(s) on the endoscope.

Automated control of irrigation and aspiration in a single-use endoscope

An endoscopic imaging system for examining a patient's body cavity includes an endoscope having a distal end, a proximal end and a number of lumens therein. One or more distal gas ports are disposed at or adjacent the distal end of the endoscope and one or more proximal gas ports are disposed proximal to the distal gas ports. Insufflation gas is delivered to the distal gas ports and withdrawn from the proximal gas ports or vice versa such that a gas bubble is formed in the body cavity and travels with the distal tip of the endoscope.

Endoscope having auto-insufflation and exsufflation

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Anh Nguyen