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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Loma Vista Medical, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Quillin Tilson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Mark Christopher Scheeff, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gene Duval, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
LOMA VISTA MEDICAL, INC., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00156 (2013.01); A61B 1/00071 (2013.01); A61B 1/0008 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/00151 (2013.01); A61B 1/005 (2013.01); A61B 1/0051 (2013.01); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/01 (2013.01); A61B 1/31 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61M 25/0113 (2013.01); A61M 25/0116 (2013.01); A61M 25/0133 (2013.01); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
Biological navigation devices and methods are disclosed. The devices can be used as or to support colonoscopies or endoscopes. The devices can have longitudinally extensible cells that can be selectively inflated. The devices can have articulable links. The devices can be removably attached to elongated elements, such as colonoscopes or other endoscopes.