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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2021
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jeffrey S. Wolf, Owings Mills, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes: a expandable structure formable into three dimensional shapes including a range of diameters and corresponding lengths; a movable component moveable between a range of positions effecting the range of diameters; and a mechanical linkage disposed between the movable component and the expandable structure. The expandable structure is configured to fit inside a working channel of an endoscope when the expandable structure is collapsed. The mechanical linkage is configured to move the collapsed expandable structure through the working channel to a selected location past a distal end of the endoscope and to increase and decrease a diameter of the expandable structure in response to changes in the position of the movable component when the expandable structure is at the selected location.