Patent ID: 6780151
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
In a flexible ureteropyeloscope having a control section and a shaft extending from the control section, the improvement comprising:the shaft comprising a front end with a first active deflection section connected in series with a second active deflection section, the control section being adapted to independently deflect the first and second deflection sections, wherein the first and second active deflection sections are adapted to deflect such that a distal end of the ureteropyeloscope can be placed in a calyx of a lower pole of a kidney without the need to passively deflecting the front end of the shaft against tissue of the kidney of a patient to reach the calyx of the lower pole, wherein the first frame member has a first array of slots therein and the second frame member has a second different array of slots therein.