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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2005
Edward A. Grabover, Danbury, CT (US);
Gregory S. Konstorum, Stamford, CT (US);
Demetrius H. Bagley, Jr., Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michael J. Conlin, Portland, OR (US);
Anup Patel, London, GB;
Peter Gerard Schulam, Malibu, CA (US);
Edward A. Grabover, Danbury, CT (US);
Gregory S. Konstorum, Stamford, CT (US);
Demetrius H. Bagley, Jr., Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michael J. Conlin, Portland, OR (US);
Anup Patel, London, GB;
Peter Gerard Schulam, Malibu, CA (US);
Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Southborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A flexible ureteropyeloscope having a control section and a shaft extending from the control section. The shaft has a front end with a first active deflection section connected in series with a second active deflection section. The control section is adapted to independently deflect the first and second defection sections. The first and second active deflection sections are adapted to deflect such that a distal end of the ureteropyeloscope can be placed in a calyx of a lower pole of a kidney without the need to passively deflect the front end of the shaft against kidney tissue of a patient to reach the calyx of the lower pole.