Cornell University

Lumendi Ltd.

Anthony Z Assal

John Frederick Cornhill

Jeffrey Milsom

Tuan Anh Nguyen

Sameer Sharma

Jeremy A Van Hill

Ashley Lauren Whitney

Matthew DeNardo

Gabriel Greeley

Rahul Sathe

Christopher Dillon

Stephen C Evans

Timothy Robinson

Richard Yazbeck

Audrey R Bell

Alan Fortunate

Phal Kun Chan

William Rebh

Brian David Chouinard

Darwin Keith-Lucas

Timothy Norman Johnson

Anh Nguyen

Andrew Harvey

Sang Hyeon Lee

Matthew Baird

Gerard I Libby

Blair Hough

Jennifer Vondran

Minh Duong

Vladimir Gilman

James Goldie

Jia Xing

Russell Corwin

Jeffery Milsom

Darwin T Keith-Lucas

Matthew Denardo

Phala Chan

Sang Lee

Apparatus comprising: a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; a proximal balloon secured to the sleeve; an inflation/deflation tube carried by the sleeve and in fluid communication with the interior of the proximal balloon; a push tube slidably mounted to the sleeve; and a distal balloon secured to the distal end of the push tube, the interior of the distal balloon being in fluid communication with the push tube, wherein the distal balloon is capable of assuming a deflated condition and an inflated condition, and further wherein when the distal balloon is in its deflated condition, an axial opening extends therethrough, the axial opening being sized to receive the endoscope therein, and when the distal balloon is in its inflated condition, the axial opening is closed down.

Method and apparatus for manipulating the side wall of a body lumen or body cavity so as to provide increased visualization of the same and/or increased access to the same, and/or for stabilizing instruments relative to the same

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

Apparatus comprising: a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; an aft balloon secured to the sleeve; an inflation/deflation tube carried by the sleeve and in fluid communication with the interior of the aft balloon; a pair of hollow push tubes slidably mounted to the sleeve, the pair of hollow push tubes being connected to one another at their distal ends with a raised push tube bridge, the raised push tube bridge being configured to nest an endoscope therein; and a fore balloon secured to the distal ends of the pair of hollow push tubes, the interior of the fore balloon being in fluid communication with the interiors of the pair of hollow push tubes, wherein the fore balloon is capable of assuming a deflated condition and an inflated condition, and further wherein (i) when the fore balloon is in its deflated condition, an axial opening extends therethrough, the axial opening being sized to receive the endoscope therein, and (ii) when the fore balloon is in its inflated condition, the axial opening is closed down.

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Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Anthony Z Assal