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

Claim 10:
11. An accessory device for an endoscope, the accessory device comprising:
a proximal mounting clip configured to mount the accessory device to a handle of the endoscope;
a cap including a body and two distal tips, each of the two distal tips having a deployed configuration and a non-deployed configuration, wherein the two distal tips are diametrically opposed on the body, and each of the two distal tips is hingedly attached to the cap;
for each of the two distal tips, a first arm and a second arm hingedly coupled to each other for attaching each of the two distal tips to the cap, wherein a first interior hinge angle formed between the first arm and the second arm when a respective distal tip of the two distal tips is in the non-deployed configuration is smaller than a second interior hinge angle formed between the first arm and the second arm when the respective distal tip of the two distal tips is in the deployed configuration; and
a first shaft and a second shaft, each of the first shaft and the second shaft defining a lumen and extending to the cap, wherein a distal end of the first shaft is connected to a first distal tip of the two distal tips and a distal end of the second shaft is connected to a second distal tip of the two distal tips,
wherein the first distal tip and the second distal tip are each configured to move distally of the cap when in the deployed configuration from a position not distal to the cap in the non-deployed configuration.