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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:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Benedetto Grossi, Stamford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Circon Corporation, Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/12 ;
Abstract
A continuous flow endoscope comprising a working element and an outer sheath assembly. The working element comprises a frame including a telescope guide tube and a fluid passage through the frame and into the telescope guide tube. The outer sheath assembly is connected to the frame. The outer sheath assembly comprises an outer tube located around a portion of the telescope guide tube. The outer tube and the telescope guide tube form a fluid outflow conduit therebetween along a majority of the length of the outer tube.