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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Smart Medical Systems Ltd., Ra'anana, IL;
Inventors:
Gad Terliuc, Ra'anana, IL;
Gilad Luria, Givataim, IL;
Assignee:
SMART Medical Systems Ltd., Ra'anana, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/273 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10181 (2013.11); A61B 1/00039 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/2733 (2013.01); A61M 25/10185 (2013.11); A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 1/31 (2013.01); A61M 25/04 (2013.01); A61M 25/10184 (2013.11); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscopy system including a balloon-equipped endoscope including a balloon which is configured for slidable frictional engagement with an interior wall of a body passageway and axial stretching of the interior wall when inflated to a slidable frictional engagement pressure and displaced axially along the body passageway and a balloon inflation subsystem operative to selectably inflate the balloon to the slidable frictional engagement pressure.