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Biopsy sampler

  • US 6,692,445 B2
  • Filed: 07/16/2001
  • Issued: 02/17/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An assembly for performing a medical procedure, comprising:

  • an endoscopically deployed medical device for tissue-plasty, and a sheath exterior to said medical device and sized to be present within the body with said medical device, wherein said sheath and medical device are constructed as a unitary device, and wherein said medical device extends distally of the termination of said sheath, said sheath including an electrode element electrically isolated from said medical device, spaced proximally to said medical device, and disposed on said sheath'"'"'s outer surface for cauterizing tissue, said medical device and sheath cooperatively constructed to permit sequential tissue-plasty and cauterization of tissue.

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