Patent ID: 6346074
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
An assembly for visualization and access within a body cavity comprising:a sleeve having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen therebetween, the sleeve also having a rigid, transparent bulb disposed at the distal end of the sleeve, the transparent bulb having a convex surface; a scope having a shaft with a distal end and a proximal end, the shaft being slidably positionable in the lumen, a channel extending longitudinally through the shaft, and a lens in the channel near the distal end, the shaft being disposed in the lumen so that the lens is optically aligned with the rigid, transparent bulb; and a guide sleeve having a lumen, the sleeve being slidably positionable in the lumen to a predetermined position in which the convex surface protrudes from a distal end of the guide sleeve.