Patent ID: 8414477
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for visualizing the interior of a bodily passageway at a remote location, the method comprising the steps of: providing a visualization system for deployment in the bodily passageway, the visualization system comprising: inserting the visualization system into the bodily passageway at a location remote from the site which is to be visualized; rotating the plurality of concentric telescoping shafts so as to draw the bodily passageway onto the plurality of concentric telescoping shafts in a pleating fashion, whereby to bring the site which is to be visualized toward the visualization apparatus; de-coupling the plurality of concentric telescoping shafts from one another; rotating the innermost concentric telescoping shaft so as to draw the bodily passageway onto the innermost concentric telescoping shaft in a pleating fashion, whereby to bring the site which is to be visualized toward the visualization apparatus; and using the visualization apparatus to visualize the interior of the bodily passageway.