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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:
Apr. 29, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert A Ganz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jonathan Kagan, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Brian D Zelickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ricci D Smelser, Maple Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
G. I. Medical Technologies, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600104 ; 128751 ; 128772 ;
Abstract
An endoscopic probe has an elongate flexible member and a radially extending tip rotatably mounted on a remote end thereof. A wire extends through the elongate flexible member and into the tip. The wire rotates relative to the elongate flexible member to rotate the radially extending tip to any desired orientation about the axis of the elongate flexible member.