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ENDOSCOPE WITH SHARED WORKING CHANNEL

  • US 20160174814A1
  • Filed: 02/29/2016
  • Published: 06/23/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A catheter for transporting material between outside a living creature and a region inside the living creature comprising:

  • a sleeve including;

    a working channel including a proximal opening for access from outside of the living creature and a distal opening for positioning inside the region of the living creature;

    a plurality of elongated guides extending along at least a portion of a length of said working channel, each of said guides in communication with said working channel along at least 5 cm of a length thereof;

    a tool transportable between a first location outside said proximal opening, a second location inside said working channel and a third location outside said distal opening; and

    a carriage mating to at least one guide of said plurality of elongated guides;

    said carriageconnected to said tool off center of a cross section of said tool,traveling along said at least one guide from a proximal position to a distal position thereby conveying said tool from said second location to said third location, androtating around an axis of said at least one guide in said distal position thereby moving said tool to a fourth location away from an axis of said working channel.

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