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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Nikolai D. Begg, Wayland, MA (US);
Dalia Leibowitz, White Plains, NY (US);
Mireille Akilian, Somerville, MA (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A continuous flow endoscope device includes an elongated tubular member defining an interior, a first channel disposed within the interior of the elongated tubular member, a second channel disposed within the interior of the elongated tubular member, and an optics device disposed in a free space of the interior of the elongated tubular member. The second channel is configured to receive an instrument therein during a first portion of an operation. A lumen defined through the second channel is fluidly isolated from a lumen defined through the first channel. The free space of the interior of the elongated tubular member being a space within the interior of the elongated tubular member not occupied by either the first channel or the second channel.