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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Miller, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vahid Saadat, Atherton, CA (US);
Ruey-Feng Peh, Mountain View, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A tissue manipulation system comprises a reconfigurable hood structure with a distal end. The hood structure has a membrane extending across the hood structure distal end. The membrane includes an aperture with an aperture diameter smaller than an outer lip diameter of the hood structure in the expanded deployed configuration. The system also includes a fluid lumen in communication with the open area and an inflatable balloon member translatable through the aperture in the membrane and distal to the open area. The system also comprises an expandable stent positioned upon the balloon member. The stent has an unexpanded configuration sized to pass through the aperture in the membrane.