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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:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventor:
William J. Shaw, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 1/00098 (2013.01); A61B 1/00133 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01); A61M 2025/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Endoscopes, medical devices for use with endoscopes, and methods for making and using endoscopes. An example medical device for use with an endoscope is a catheter having one or more ridges formed on an outer surface thereof. The ridges may interact, for example, with the elevator of an endoscope.