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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corporation, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Joey Magno, Dudley, MA (US);
Assignee:
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Hachioji Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00561 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed including apparatuses and methods for endoscopy such as an endoscope device operable to produce suction. An endoscope can include or use a cylinder for use at a distal end of an endoscope, and the cylinder can include a cylinder channel extending from a first end of the cylinder to a second end of the cylinder, and a rotor arranged within a working channel of the endoscope at the distal end of the endoscope. The rotor can be movable within the cylinder or the channel such as to help fragment or clear foreign bodies during a procedure.