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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Julius Borody, New South Wales, 2046, AU;
Peter Stephenson, Queensland 4000, AU;
John Begg, New South Wales 2067, AU;
Peter Ayre, New South Wales 2067, AU;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/01 ;
Abstract
A self-advancing endoscope (,) comprising an elongated flexible tubular member (,) and an elongated channel (,) defined by the tubular member (,) and having a distal end wall (,). Piston means (,) are slideably disposed in the channel (,) toward the distal end wall (,). The endoscope (,) also comprises means (,) for reciprocating the piston means (,) such that the piston means (,) impacts the distal end wall (,) on an advancing stroke.