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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:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Jon T. Mcintyre, Newton, MA (US);
Jessica Hixon, Watertown, MA (US);
Isaac Ostrovsky, Wellesley, MA (US);
Jozef Slanda, Milford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jon T. McIntyre, Newton, MA (US);
Jessica Hixon, Watertown, MA (US);
Isaac Ostrovsky, Wellesley, MA (US);
Jozef Slanda, Milford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00098 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A deflection assembly of a medical instrument (such as an endoscope or a flexible ureteroscope) allows an operator to deflect a distal portion of the instrument using one or more controls located at a proximal portion of the instrument. The instrument allows the operator to achieve multi-directional deflection of the distal portion.