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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2020
Ipg Photonics Corporation, Oxford, MA (US);
Gregory Altshuler, Lincoln, MA (US);
Ilya Yaroslavsky, N. Andover, MA (US);
Dmitri Boutoussov, Southborough, MA (US);
Viktoriya Andreeva, Moscow Region, RU;
Olivier Traxer, Paris, FR;
Michael Barenboym, Boston, MA (US);
Isaac Ostrovsky, Wellesley, MA (US);
Anastasiya Kovalenko, Moscow Region, RU;
IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION, Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
Steering handles with manifolds that enable an operator to configure an endoscopic system in situ for a variety of tasks, including irrigation, aspiration, or both. In addition, the disclosed endoscopic systems facilitate rapid reconfiguration of the location of a laser fiber optic within a catheter assembly. The laser fiber optic, for example, can be removed from an irrigation channel of the endoscopic system and reinserted in the aspiration channel during a laser lithotripsy procedure. In some embodiments, the removal and reinsertion can be performed in situ, without removing the catheter from the patient or the treated organ. These aspects of the disclosed system reduce the time required to perform laser lithotripsy procedures, with less trauma to the patient.