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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:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2005
Applicant:
Naomi L. Nakao, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Naomi L. Nakao, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Granit Medical Innovation, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an insertion configuration, an endoscope assembly includes an insertion member with a distal end face and a working channel and further includes an instrument shaft extending through the working channel and an operative tip connected to the instrument shaft and extending in a plane oriented perpendicularly to the instrument shaft. The operative tip is positioned along the distal end face of the endoscope insertion member. The operative tip is separable from the distal end face of the endoscope insertion member by a distally directed motion of the instrument shaft along the working channel.