Patent ID: 6234958
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A medical device introduction system comprising:a medical introducer having an introducer body, a plurality of lumen formed therein, and imaging device position maintaining means for maintaining a rotational position of a distal end portion of an imaging device when positioned within a predetermined one of the plurality of lumen;an imaging device positioned in the predetermined one of the plurality of lumen of said medical introducer and moveable with respect to inner surfaces of the predetermined one of the plurality of lumen, the imaging device contacting said imaging device position maintaining means to thereby maintain the imaging device in a rotational position manually selected by a user thereof; anda separate steerable working channel device positioned in at least one other of the plurality of lumen of the medical introducer so that the separate steerable working channel device and the imaging device are separately controllable by a user thereof independent of each other, said separate steerable working channel device including an elongate tube portion having at least one lumen formed therein which defines a working channel, steering means associated with the elongate tube portion for steering the elongate tube portion, and controlling means connected to said steering means for controlling the steering of the working channel.