Method and apparatus for stabilizing, straightening, expanding and/or flattening the side wall of a body lumen and/or body cavity so as to provide increased visualization of the same and/or increased access to the same, and/or for stabilizing instruments relative to the same
Howard Riina;Edward Dickinson;James Mahoney;Jeffrey Milsom;J. Frederick Cornhill;Clair Strohl;Pat Coppola
发明人:
Jeffrey Milsom,Howard Riina,J. Frederick Cornhill,Edward Dickinson,Clair Strohl,James Mahoney,Pat Coppola
申请号：
US12969059
公开号：
US08979884B2
申请日:
2010.12.15
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
The present invention comprises the provision and use of a novel endoscopic device which is capable of stabilizing, straightening, expanding and/or flattening the side wall of a body lumen and/or body cavity so as to better present the side wall tissue for examination and/or treatment during an endoscopic procedure. The present invention also comprises the provision and use of a novel endoscopic device capable of steadying and/or stabilizing the distal tips and/or working ends of instruments inserted into a body lumen and/or body cavity, whereby to facilitate the use of those instruments.
