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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Jeffrey Milsom, New York, NY (US);
Howard Riina, Scarsdale, NY (US);
J. Frederick Cornhill, New York, NY (US);
Edward Dickinson, Littleton, MA (US);
Clair Strohl, Norfolk, MA (US);
James Mahoney, Hyde Park, MA (US);
Pat Coppola, Bedford, MA (US);
Jeffrey Milsom, New York, NY (US);
Howard Riina, Scarsdale, NY (US);
J. Frederick Cornhill, New York, NY (US);
Edward Dickinson, Littleton, MA (US);
Clair Strohl, Norfolk, MA (US);
James Mahoney, Hyde Park, MA (US);
Pat Coppola, Bedford, MA (US);
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention comprises the provision and use of a novel endoscopic device which is capable of stabilizing, straightening, expanding and/or flattening the side wall of a body lumen and/or body cavity so as to better present the side wall tissue for examination and/or treatment during an endoscopic procedure. The present invention also comprises the provision and use of a novel endoscopic device capable of steadying and/or stabilizing the distal tips and/or working ends of instruments inserted into a body lumen and/or body cavity, whereby to facilitate the use of those instruments.