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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Surbhi Sarna, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Surbhi Sarna, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
nVision Medical Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/012 (2006.01); A61B 1/303 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0082 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/012 (2013.01); A61B 1/303 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices and processes for maintaining a narrow body lumen are described. One embodiment of the inventive device includes: (i) a hydraulic propulsion mechanism for propelling an imaging portion or a therapeutic portion through the narrow body lumen; and (ii) a retrieval mechanism for retrieving the imaging portion or the therapeutic portion from the narrow body lumen.