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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Gary L. Long, Gerards Cross, GB;
Inventor:
Gary L. Long, Gerards Cross, GB;
Assignee:
Ethicon-Endo Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/082 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device for performing medical procedures inside a lumen (such as the GI tract) of a patient is provided comprising a capsule, a cable, and a propulsion means. The cable can have one end anchored to the patient, and can extend from this anchored portion to the capsule. The cable can include a loop forward (distal) of the capsule in the GI tract. The propulsion means is operably connected to the cable to vary the length of cable between the anchored end and the capsule, so that the capsule is repositioned inside the GI tract of the patient.