Sightline Technologies Ltd.

Stryker Gi Ltd.

Yackov Bar-Or

Victor Levin

Dan Oz

Giora Bernat

Michael Voloshin

An endoscopic apparatus including an internal unit, adapted to be advanced into a gastrointestinal tract of a patient so as to enable inspection of the tract, an anchor unit, adapted to be held in a position outside the gastrointestinal tract and a flexible sleeve, having a proximal end fixed to the anchor and a distal end fixed to the internal unit, wherein at least a portion of the sleeve between the proximal end distal ends is held initially in a compact state at the internal unit and is arranged to feed out from the internal unit as the internal unit is advanced into the gastrointestinal tract. A method for endoscopic examination is also disclosed.

Endoscopic inspection using a flexible sleeve

Endoscopic apparatus which advances within a lumen ( ) includes a probe ( ) having distal and proximal ends and a flexible sleeve ( ) coupled proximally to the probe. The sleeve is inflated in order to propel the probe within the lumen. The probe typically includes an imaging device ( ), which captures images inside the lumen.

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Haifa, Israel

Yackov Bar-Or