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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. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Voloshin, Haifa, IL;
Yackov Bar-or, Haifa, IL;
Victor Levin, Haifa, IL;
Giora Bernat, Haifa, IL;
Dan Oz, Even-Yehuda, IL;
Assignee:
Sightline Technologies Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/01 ;
Abstract
Endoscopic apparatus which advances within a lumen ( ) includes a probe ( ) having distal and proximal ends and a flexible sleeve ( ) coupled proximally to the probe. The sleeve is inflated in order to propel the probe within the lumen. The probe typically includes an imaging device ( ), which captures images inside the lumen.