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Stephen C Evans

Richard Stephen Wisdom

Cosme Furlong

William Robert Rebh, Jr

Michael W Marcoux

Evan Costa

Fernando Alvarez De Toledo

Robert C Allman

Oscar R Carrillo, Jr

James Yearick

Norman C May

James E Windheuser

Timothy Robinson

Gerald Melsky

Don Akira Tanaka

Marc David Friedman

Joshua P Wiesman

David C Plough

Michael Ciannella

William R Rebh

Paul J Zalesky

J Christopher Flaherty

Peter Michael Mueller

James S Cunningham

Jeffrey Cerier

Richard Joseph Renati

David Abraham Schechter

David A Rezac

Nathan H White

Joseph Ting

Jeffrey Milsom

Mohammed S El-Kurdi

Lorenzo Soletti

Liem Vu

Jon McGrath

Allan J Evans

Philip Stephen Levin

Tuan Anh Nguyen

Jerry Brightbill

Jeremy A Van Hill

Sameer Sharma

Ashley Lauren Whitney

Matthew DeNardo

Gabriel Greeley

Richard Yazbeck

Christopher Dillon

Anthony Z Assal

Gary L Boseck

John Frederick Cornhill

Rahul Sathe

Robert B Hunt

Audrey R Bell

Alan Fortunate

William Rebh

Brian David Chouinard

Phal Kun Chan

Jon Dahm

Peter J Wilk

Simon M Furnish

Greg R Furnish

Todd A Hall

David Y Phelps

Mark Bowen

Marvin A Guiles

Scott J Wolf

Roger Dale Kamm

William P Santamore

Gerald S Melsky

Daniel Burkhoff

Gary Whipple

Richard Abraham

Nancy M Briefs

Eun Bo Shim

Margaret G McCabe

Matthew Denardo

Phala Chan

Jr William R Rebh

Richard Wisdom

An endoscope for removing tissue at a surgical site includes an elongated tubular body insertable within a mammalian cavity of a patient. An instrument channel extends between a first opening at a distal end and a second opening at a proximal end of the tubular body and is sized and configured to receive a surgical cutting assembly that includes an aspiration channel configured to remove material entering the endoscope via a distal end of the surgical cutting assembly. A torque generation component configured to generate torque is positioned within the distal end and configured to provide the generated torque to a coupling component. The coupling component is positioned at the distal end of the elongated tubular member and configured to actuate a cutting component of the surgical cutting assembly responsive to actuation of the torque generation component.

Methods and apparatus for removing material from within a mammalian cavity using an insertable endoscopic instrument

An improved flexible endoscopic instrument to precisely and efficiently obtains samples of flat polyps and multiple polyps from a patient by debriding one or more polyps and retrieving the debrided polyps without having to alternate between using a separate cutting tool and a separate sample retrieving tool and may be used with an endoscope. In one aspect, the cutting tool is coupled to a flexible torque coil or torque rope that is configured to transfer rotational energy from a powered actuator through the length of the endoscope onto the cutting tool.

Insertable endoscopic instrument for tissue removal

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.

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 surgical console includes a drive assembly, vacuum interface, fluid transfer device, user interface, and control circuit. The drive assembly is configured to be coupled to an endoscopic tool and to be rotated by a motor. The vacuum interface is configured to apply a vacuum to the endoscopic tool. The fluid transfer device is configured to flow fluid through the endoscopic tool. The user interface is configured to receive a user input indicating at least one of instructions to rotate the endoscopic tool while applying the vacuum, or to flow fluid through the endoscopic tool. The control circuit controls at least one of the drive assembly, the vacuum interface, or the fluid transfer device based on the instructions, and is configured to cause the drive assembly to rotate the endoscopic tool while the vacuum interface applies the vacuum responsive to the user input indicating instructions to rotate the endoscopic tool.

Surgical console, specimen receiver, and insertable endoscopic instrument for tissue removal

A system for applying a fiber matrix on a tubular member is provided. A mandrel, configured for atraumatic placement within the tubular member, is included. Methods for atraumatic placement of a mandrel into a tubular member are also provided.

System and mandrel for creating graft devices

An electrosurgical forceps includes a housing having a shaft extending distally therefrom. The shaft defines a longitudinal axis therethrough and a knife blade shaft is operably disposed within the shaft. An end effector is operably disposed at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes a pair of spaced-apart first and second jaw members that are movable from an open configuration to a clamping configuration. An electrode assembly includes first and second electrode housings and a knife blade. The first and second electrode housings are operably coupled to one another and are configured to selectively couple to respective first and second jaw members to electrosurgically treat tissue clamped between the first and second jaw members. The knife blade is configured to selectively couple to the knife blade shaft.

Electrosurgical forceps

An electrosurgical forceps is provided. The electrosurgical forceps includes a housing having a shaft extending distally therefrom. The shaft defines a longitudinal axis therethrough and a knife blade shaft is operably disposed within the shaft. An end effector is operably disposed at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes a pair of spaced-apart first and second jaw members that are movable from an open configuration to a clamping configuration. An electrode assembly includes first and second electrode housings and a knife blade. The first and second electrode housings are operably coupled to one another and are configured to selectively couple to respective first and second jaw members to electrosurgically treat tissue clamped between the first and second jaw members. The knife blade is configured to selectively couple to the knife blade shaft.

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Westford, MA, United States of America

Stephen C Evans