DISPOSABLE SHEATH WITH LIGHTING

• US 20130053645A1
• Filed: 08/24/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Weitzner, Barry, Smith, Paul, Devries, Robert B.
• Application Number:
  US13/593,942
• Publication Number:
  US 20130053645A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/121
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00135 Oversleeves mounted on the endoscope prior to insertion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00142 with means for preventing contamination, e.g. by using a sanitary sheath
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0607 for annular illumination

Abstract

A sheath for a medical device may include an elongate body extending from a proximal end to a distal face and a first hollow lumen and a second hollow lumen extending from a first end proximate the proximal end to a second end proximate the distal face. The sheath may also include at least one lighting device positioned in the sheath proximate the distal face, and a transparent window positioned at the second end of the first lumen to seal the first lumen at the second end. The transparent window may be configured to transmit light therethrough.

Claims

1. A sheath for a medical device, comprising:

an elongate body extending from a proximal end to a distal face;

a first hollow lumen and a second hollow lumen extending from a first end proximate the proximal end to a second end proximate the distal face;

at least one lighting device positioned in the sheath proximate the distal face; and

a transparent window positioned at the second end of the first lumen to seal the first lumen at the second end, the transparent window being configured to transmit light therethrough.

2. The sheath of claim 1, wherein the at least one lighting device includes a plurality of lighting devices spaced apart from each other.

3. The sheath of claim 2, wherein the plurality of lighting, devices are symmetrically positioned with respect to a longitudinal axis of the sheath.

4. The sheath of claim 1, wherein the at least one lighting device includes a plurality of lighting devices positioned as a ring along a periphery of the sheath.

5. The sheath of claim 1., further including a second transparent window positioned at the second end of the second lumen to seal the second lumen at the second end, the transparent window being configured to transmit light therethrough.

6. The sheath of claim 5, wherein the transparent window at the second end of the first lumen and the second transparent window at the second end of the second lumen are part of a same transparent window.

7. The sheath of claim 5, wherein the sheath includes a first neck region that extends from the distal face to the second end of the first lumen, at least a portion of the first lumen being positioned in the first neck region.

8. The sheath of claim 7, wherein the sheath further includes a second neck region that extends from the distal face to the second end of the second lumen, at least a portion of the second lumen being positioned in the neck region.

9. The sheath of claim 1, wherein the at least one lighting device is positioned proximate a periphery of the second end of the first lumen.

10. The sheath of claim 1, wherein the second lumen is open at the second end.

11. The sheath of claim 10, further including a third lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal face, the third lumen being open at the distal face.

12. A medical device, comprising:

a flexible sheath extending from a proximal end to a distal face;

a first hollow lumen extending through the flexible sheath from the proximal end to the distal face;

at least one lighting device positioned at the distal face;

a neck region that extends the first lumen from the distal face of the sheath to a second end that is distal to the distal face of the sheath, the first lumen being closed at the second end by a transparent window; and

a second lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal face of the sheath, the second lumen being open at the distal face.

13. The medical device of claim 12, wherein the at least one lighting device includes a plurality of lighting devices spaced apart from each other.

14. The medical device of claim 12, wherein the at least one lighting device includes a plurality of lighting devices arranged as a ring around a longitudinal axis of the sheath.

15. The medical device of claim 12, further including a third hollow lumen extending through the flexible sheath from the proximal end to a third end proximate the distal face.

16. The medical device of claim 15, further including a second transparent window positioned at the third end of the third lumen to seal the third lumen at the third end, the transparent window being configured to transmit light therethrough.

17. A method of using a medical device, comprising:

inserting a distal end of a sheath into the body of a patient, the sheath including an elongate body extending from a proximal end to the distal end, at least one lighting device positioned proximate the distal end, and a first hollow lumen and a second hollow lumen extending through the sheath from the proximal end to the distal end, the first lumen being sealed at the distal end by a transparent window;

inserting a first medical device having an optical device into the first lumen of the sheath either before, during, or after the sheath is inserted into the body;

positioning the optical device of the first medical device proximate the transparent window; and

activating the at least one lighting device to illuminate a region distal to the distal end.

18. The method of claim 17, further including inserting a second medical device through the second lumen of the sheath to extend an end effector of the second medical device out of the distal end of the sheath.

19. The method of claim 17, further including activating the optical device of the first medical device to record an image of a region distal to the distal end of the sheath through the transparent window.

20. The method of claim 19, further including adjusting an illumination level of the at least one lighting device based on the recorded image.