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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:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lutz Freitag, Hemer, DE;
Assignee:
Willy Rusch AG, Kernen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820714 ; 12820026 ; 12820715 ; 12820718 ;
Abstract
An instrument for interventional flexible tracheoscopy/bronchoscopy, particularly for the treatment of central air passage stenoses under local anesthesia with the aid of a flexible fiber bronchoscope, includes an outer tube and an inner tube, wherein the outer tube and the inner tube can be displaced relative to each other, and wherein at least one guide element is provided for positioning the inner tube relative to the outer tube and a cuff which can be filled with a medium is arranged in the area of the distal end of the inner tube.