Patent ID: 11857159
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method, comprising:
attaching an accessory device to an endoscope, wherein the accessory device includes a proximal mounting clip having one or more ports, a distal end cap, two distal tips coupled to the distal end cap, a first accessory shaft extending between the proximal mounting clip and a first tip of the two distal tips, and a second accessory shaft extending between the proximal mounting clip and a second tip of the two distal tips, wherein the first tip and the second tip are located on radially opposing sides of the distal end cap in a non-deployed configuration, wherein the endoscope includes a handle and a shaft extending in a distal direction from the handle, and wherein the proximal mounting clip is attached to the handle;
inserting the endoscope and the accessory device into a body opening;
advancing the endoscope so that the distal end cap and the two distal tips are adjacent to a target site, wherein a distal face of the endoscope extends along a longitudinal axis while the distal end cap and the two distal tips are adjacent to the target site;
moving the first tip of the two distal tips distally of the cap from a position not distal to the cap so that the first tip of the two distal tips extends along an axis that is offset from the longitudinal axis; and
advancing a medical instrument into the one or more ports of the proximal mounting clip, through the first accessory shaft, and out of an opening at a distal end of the first tip of the two distal tips.