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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:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Boris Reydel, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Boris Reydel, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Visualization Balloons, LLC, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 1/00089 (2013.01); A61B 1/00101 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/31 (2013.01); A61M 25/1009 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a balloon access device having a cap coupleable to an endoscope and a balloon for sealing with the cap when expanded. The balloon access device allows a physician to both separate collapsed tissue and visualize the path of the endoscope without administering insufflation gas to the collapsed area of a patient.