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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:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory S. Konstorum, Stamford, CT (US);
Edward A. Grabover, Danbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Circon Corporation, Southborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 ;
Abstract
An endoscope comprising a control section and a shaft extending from the control section. The shaft has a frame with a one-piece tube along a majority of a length of the shaft. The tube comprises a superelastic alloy and slots into the tube along at least one-section of the tube. Superelastic properties of the superelastic alloy allow the tube to bend proximate the slots without substantial permanent deformation of the tube. The superelastic alloy provides the shaft with adequate stiffness and torque resistance to be inserted into a patient's body.
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