Patent ID: 9351762
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A multifunctional device for exploration and/or intervention, for medical use, comprising: a hollow handle extended by a main catheter, an end carriage, mounted so as to slide longitudinally along an end portion of the handle located opposite the main catheter, connected to a first instrument by a mechanical connection extending inside the said main catheter to allow the said first instrument to be actuated and/or moved during longitudinal movements of the said end carriage, the said multifunctional device being such that: the handle includes one intermediate portion having a peripheral wall in which is formed a longitudinal slot, an intermediate carriage, is mounted so as to slide longitudinally along the intermediate portion of the handle, said intermediate carriage including an attachment: suitably shaped to fit into the handle through the longitudinal slot formed in the intermediate portion, pierced with a longitudinal slot in the continuation of which is secured a secondary catheter, extending into the main catheter, and defining a conduit for passage of the mechanical connection linking the end carriage and the first instrument, an auxiliary carriage is mounted so as to slide longitudinally along the intermediate carriage, said auxiliary carriage being connected to a second instrument by a mechanical connection extending into the slot formed in the attachment of the said intermediate carriage and in the secondary catheter associated with this intermediate carriage, so as to enable the said second instrument to be actuated and/or moved during longitudinal movements of the said auxiliary carriage.