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Method of securing a cavity using a rigid sheath with transparent cap

  • US 6,120,434 A
  • Filed: 08/22/1997
  • Issued: 09/19/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of securing a cavity in a living body, comprising the steps of:

  • incising a small portion of the body so as to form a small incised portion;

    introducing an assembly of a rigid sheath with a rigid transparent cap and an endoscope into the small incised portion between a first tissue and a second tissue, said rigid transparent cap being at an end portion of the rigid sheath and said rigid transparent cap including an opening formed at a distal end thereof for enabling direct observation to be performed by the endoscope through the opening; and

    detaching the second tissue from the first tissue using the rigid sheath with the rigid transparent cap.

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