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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2007
Applicants:

Katsumi Oneda, Alpine, NJ (US);

Ron Hadani, Cresskill, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Katsumi Oneda, Alpine, NJ (US);

Ron Hadani, Cresskill, NJ (US);

Assignee:

COGENTIX MEDICAL, INC., Minnetonka, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/053 (2013.01); A61B 1/00029 (2013.01); A61B 1/00071 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00032 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0219 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of examining internal body portions of patients. The method includes providing an imaging capsule including an image capturing unit, mounting the imaging capsule on a first elongate tube suitable for insertion into a body cavity, in a manner which prevents release of the imaging capsule from the first elongate tube within a body cavity, inserting the first elongate tube with the capsule mounted thereon into a patient, retracting the first elongate tube from the patient, separating the imaging capsule from the first elongate tube, disposing of the first elongate tube, mounting the imaging capsule on a second elongate tube and inserting the second elongate tube with the imaging capsule mounted thereon into a patient.


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