Patent ID: 11957308
Assignee: BRONCUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A medical catheter system for performing a medical procedure requiring movement between a sheath, and a medical device controllably directable through the sheath, the system comprising:
the sheath;
the medical device, wherein the medical device comprises a proximal end, an elongate body, and a distal surgical section; and
a pneumatical appliance comprising a first end and a distal second end,
wherein the distal second end of the pneumatical appliance is removably locked to a proximal end of the sheath;
wherein the pneumatical appliance is operable to cooperate with the medical device such that the medical device extends from the first end of the pneumatical appliance, out the second end of the pneumatical appliance, and into the sheath; and
wherein the first end of the pneumatical appliance is removably locked to the proximal end of the medical device and operable to create a force urging the medical device in a first direction relative to the sheath; and
wherein the pneumatical appliance is operable to controllably advance the distal surgical section of the medical device from a distal end of the sheath.