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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2024
Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);
Alexander Q. Tilson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Stephen J. Morris, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Garrett J. Gomes, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Adam S. Wigginton, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark C. Scheeff, Oakland, CA (US);
Charles S. Love, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);
Abstract
A rigidizing device includes a rigidizing overtube, a handle, an activation control to control rigidizing of the rigidizing overtube, and a status indicator. The rigidizing device is configured to have a rigid configuration when vacuum or pressure is applied through an inlet and a flexible configuration when vacuum or pressure is not applied through the inlet. The status indicator is linked to the activation control to indicate when the device is rigid or when the device is flexible. The activation control may be a rotary activation control on the handle.
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