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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2025
Applicant:

Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Q. Tilson, Burlingame, CA (US);

Mark C. Scheeff, Oakland, CA (US);

Garrett J. Gomes, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);

Francisco G. Lopez, San Mateo, CA (US);

Justin Kirschbrown, San Mateo, CA (US);

Wei Li Fan, San Francisco, CA (US);

William Evans, San Francisco, CA (US);

Viet Anh Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);

Stephan T. Hoffmann, Danville, CA (US);

Kassidy Macphail, San Francisco, CA (US);

Thomas Hsiu, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00078 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including positioning an elongate rigidizing apparatus comprising a nested system including a rigidizing overtube and a rigidizing endoscope by shape copying using the nested system and extending tools through one or more channels of the elongate rigidizing apparatus. These methods may be used to position tools to modify or treat tissue.


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Tilson, Alexander. (2026). External working channels (U.S. Patent No. 12788216). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12788216

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