US2017027433A1PendingUtilityA1

Balloon guided endoscopy

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Assignee: SMART MEDICAL SYSTEMS LTDPriority: Aug 8, 2005Filed: Aug 7, 2016Published: Feb 2, 2017
Est. expiryAug 8, 2025(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Gad Terliuc
A61B 1/005A61B 1/00082A61B 1/018A61B 1/31
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Abstract

An endoscope assembly including an endoscope, a selectably inflatable balloon mounted onto a distal portion of the endoscope and an external tube extending alongside the endoscope and traversing the selectably inflatable balloon.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An endoscope tool comprising:
 a tube portion;   a tip portion; and   a selectably inflatable balloon,   said endoscope tool being adapted to travel through a lumen of an external tube.   
     
     
         2 . An endoscope tool according to  claim 1  and wherein said tip portion is generally more flexible than said tube portion. 
     
     
         3 . An endoscope tool according to  claim 1  and wherein said inflatable balloon is mounted on said tube portion. 
     
     
         4 . An endoscope tool according to  claim 1  and wherein an interior portion of said inflatable balloon communicates with an interior portion of said tube portion in order to enable inflation of said inflatable balloon via said tube portion. 
     
     
         5 . An endoscope tool according to  claim 1  and wherein said balloon is an anchoring balloon.

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