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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2010
Robert L. Rykhus, Jr., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Jason W. Ogdahl, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Justin M. Crank, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Robert L. Rykhus, Jr., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Jason W. Ogdahl, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Justin M. Crank, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Other;
Abstract
Described are needleless injection systems and methods that involve features including one or more of a tissue tensioner and a fitting that includes or attaches to a shaft, exemplary embodiments including: an elastic sleeve sized to fit under tension about the distal end of a flexible scope, such as an endoscope; a non-metal, polymeric tube-like device being optionally attached to the elastic sleeve for delivering a therapeutic fluid to a treatment site within a patient wherein the elastic sleeve may include an integral balloon (tissue tensioner) feature that can be used to position the injection orifice of the tube-like device proximate a treatment area.