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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Lumendi Ltd., Buckinghamshire, GB;
Inventors:
Peter Johann, Schifferstadt, DE;
Sergey Kantsevoy, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Jeffrey Milsom, New York, NY (US);
Sameer Sharma, New York, NY (US);
Assignees:
Lumendi Ltd., , GB;
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/31 (2013.01); A61M 25/1011 (2013.01); A61M 25/1018 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0008 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1015 (2013.01); A61M 25/10182 (2013.11); A61M 25/10187 (2013.11);
Abstract
Apparatus for endoscopically retracting tissue, the apparatus comprising a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; a balloon movably mounted to the sleeve; and at least one connector extending from the balloon and configured to be secured to tissue which is to be retracted; wherein the balloon is configured to be moved relative to the sleeve in order to retract the tissue.