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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corporation, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Jean-Martin Baillargeon, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason T. Panzenbeck, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/012 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/0125 (2013.01); A61B 1/2676 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61M 25/0026 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0037 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter and catheter system includes a first lumen and a second lumen adjacent to the first lumen. The catheter occupies an arc around the first lumen, wherein the arc is greater than 180° and less than 360°, thus creating a lengthwise opening to the first lumen. The catheter material surrounds the second lumen in a cross-sectional dimension. Prior to a procedure, a sampling device is introduced into the second lumen prior and the probe is snapped into the first lumen prior to insertion into an endoscope.