Visually-positioned electrical monitoring apparatus
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1. A visually-positioned electrical monitoring apparatus including:
- an electrical assembly comprising an elongate, flaccid dielectric body having at least one electrical contact therearound, a passage therethrough and an open distal end; and
an endoscope extending through the passage and having its distal end substantially in registry with the distal end of the body.
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Abstract
A visually-positioned electrical monitoring apparatus includes an electrical assembly comprising an elongate, flaccid dielectric body having at least one electrical contact, a passage and an open distal end. An endoscope extends through the passage and has its distal end substantially in registry with the distal end of the body. A method for placing an electrical monitoring assembly to coact with human tissue at a target site includes providing the aforedescribed monitoring assembly, extending an endoscope into the passage, aligning the distal end of the endoscope with the distal end of the body and visually guiding the assembly to the site.
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1. A visually-positioned electrical monitoring apparatus including:
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an electrical assembly comprising an elongate, flaccid dielectric body having at least one electrical contact therearound, a passage therethrough and an open distal end; and an endoscope extending through the passage and having its distal end substantially in registry with the distal end of the body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for placing an electrical monitoring assembly to coact with human tissue at a target site and including the steps of:
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providing an electrical monitoring assembly comprising an elongate, flaccid body having at least one electrical contact therearound, a passage therethrough and an open distal end; extending into the passage an endoscope having a distal end; substantially aligning the distal end of the endoscope with the distal end of the body; and visually guiding the assembly to the site. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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