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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2008
Applicant:
Frank C. Carter, Wormleysburg, PA (US);
Inventor:
Frank C. Carter, Wormleysburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Chek-Med Systems, Inc., Camp Hill, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
During cryotherapy, using an endoscope that extends within a patient to a cold treatment site, the device of the invention vacuums gas from the site through radial intake ports to a cylindrical space in an evacuation chamber held elastically circumferentially about the distal end of the endoscope tube that carries the cryoprobe to the site.