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Medical device with deflecting shaft and related methods of manufacture and use

  • US 7,052,489 B2
  • Filed: 12/05/2003
  • Issued: 05/30/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical device for use with an endoscope, comprising:

  • a proximal handle;

    a distal assembly for performing a medical procedure; and

    an elongated member connecting the proximal handle to the distal assembly, the elongated member having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion having a flexibility greater than a flexibility of the proximal portion so as to selectively deflect the distal portion relative to the proximal portion,wherein actuation of a single moving part of the proximal handle causes both deflection of the distal portion and actuation of the distal assembly to perform the medical procedure.

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