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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2010
Applicant:
Lucien Alfred Couvillon, Jr., Concord, MA (US);
Inventor:
Lucien Alfred Couvillon, Jr., Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope is provided which comprises an elongated body adapted for insertion into a body lumen, and a plurality of electrically controlled actuators associated with the body which are controllable to impart an orientation to the body that is complimentary to the natural orientation of the lumen into which the endoscope is inserted.