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Sheath and method for reconfiguring lung viewing scope

  • US 6,585,639 B1
  • Filed: 10/27/2000
  • Issued: 07/01/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for accessing and occluding a lung passageway, said method comprising:

  • providing a viewing scope comprising a flexible elongated body, an optical viewing element, and a light transmitting bundle;

    providing a sheath comprising a flexible tubular body having a proximal end, a distal end, at least a first lumen therethrough, and at least a first inflatable cuff disposed near the distal end;

    introducing the viewing scope into the lumen of the flexible tubular body of the sheath to form an assembly where a viewing end of the viewing scope is located at the distal end of the sheath;

    introducing the assembly of the viewing scope and sheath to a lung passageway so that the inflatable cuff lies adjacent to a target location in the passageway;

    inflating the cuff to temporarily occlude the target location; and

    advancing a plug element through a lumen of the view scope to the target location.

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