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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. 06, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2001
Applicants:
Yaakov Baror, Haifa, IL;
Michael Voloshin, Haifa, IL;
Dan Oz, Even Yehuda, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sightline Technoligies Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Endoscopic apparatus, including a probe () having an anterior component () and a posterior component (), and a flexible dual-sleeved tube (). The flexible dual-sleeved tube consists of a flexible external sleeve () and a flexible internal sleeve () within the external sleeve. The sleeves are coupled between the anterior component and the posterior component so as to define an enclosure () between the sleeves, which enclosure is inflated in order to propel the anterior component within a lumen ().