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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2007
Dean J. Secrest, Concord, OH (US);
Christopher J. Kaye, Concord, OH (US);
Paul Davis, Carson City, NV (US);
John P. Winstanley, Madison, OH (US);
Dean J. Secrest, Concord, OH (US);
Christopher J. Kaye, Concord, OH (US);
Paul Davis, Carson City, NV (US);
John P. Winstanley, Madison, OH (US);
U.S. Endoscopy Group, Inc., Mentor, OH (US);
Abstract
A device for suctioning material out of an instrument channel during an endoscopic procedure. The device includes a biopsy valve having a first end, a second end, and an outer circumferential surface. The biopsy valve defines an internal passage leading from the first end to the second end, wherein the first end is adapted for connection to an endoscope instrument channel inlet port. Tubing connects the biopsy valve second end to a suction source connector disposed remote from the biopsy valve. A flow controller is fixed to the tubing and disposed between the biopsy valve second end and the suction source connector. The device may include an irrigation port and an instrument entry port.