Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Thomas DeSimio

Barry Weitzner

Peter L Dayton

Serena Scott

Bryan Bannon

Rachel M Williams

Todd Baron

Lee L Swanstrom

Katharine Eckerline

Eran Shlomovitz

The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods which allow the distal portion of a catheter to be visualized within the body using a colored marker and one or more secondary markers. In particular, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods which indicate when a medical device is properly positioned for deployment within a body lumen.

Deployment marker

A system for forming an anastomosis between first and second sections of a digestive tract includes Optical Scope Device ('OSD') having a lumen extending therethrough and positioned at a first target site within the first section, OSD including an imaging component at a distal end thereof for viewing the first target site; First Endoscope (“FE”) including a working channel extending therethrough and positioned at a second target site within the second section; Capture Device (“CD”) extending from a proximal end to a distal end including a loop, CD extends through the lumen; First Flexible Element (“FFE”) extends through FE, FFE including a coupling element which passes through the loop to couple FFE to CD, connecting the first and second sections, the coupling element moving between insertion and locking configurations; and Stent having a lumen extending therethrough which provides fluid communication between the first and second sections.

Systems, methods and devices for connecting non-adherent structures

The present disclosure relates generally to the field of devices and procedures for placement of a medical device between adjacent tissue structures. In particular, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for percutaneous placement of a drainage stent between the gallbladder and gastric lumen (e.g., cholecystogastrostomy), or gallbladder and duodenum (cholecystoduodenostomy).

Systems and methods for percutaneous body lumen drainage

A system for forming an anastomosis between first and second sections of a digestive tract includes Optical Scope Device ('OSD') having a lumen extending therethrough and positioned at a first target site within the first section, OSD including an imaging component at a distal end thereof for viewing the first target site; First Endoscope ('FE') including a working channel extending therethrough and positioned at a second target site within the second section; Capture Device (&#x201c;CD&#x201d;) extending from a proximal end to a distal end including a loop, CD extends through the lumen; First Flexible Element (&#x201c;FFE&#x201d;) extends through FE, FFE including a coupling element which passes through the loop to couple FFE to CD, connecting the first and second sections, the coupling element moving between insertion and locking configurations; and Stent having a lumen extending therethrough which provides fluid communication between the first and second sections.

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Alpine, CA, United States of America

Thomas DeSimio