Patent ID: 8147413
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical device comprising: an elongate body having a central lumen along the center of a predetermined length of the elongate body and an exterior surface thereof at predetermined radii from the central lumen; an ultrasound imaging transducer proximate to a distal end; a first balloon and a second balloon at respective first and second different indentations approximately intermediate said predetermined length of the elongate body, the first and second indentations being radially within said exterior surface of the elongate body, the balloons residing in a deflated state within said respective first and second indentations radially within and round the sides of the elongate body, the first and second indentations having a lesser radius from the central lumen than said exterior surface and the first and second balloons being configured to sandwich one of an internal human body wall and a body organ lining in an inflated state during use of the device, the elongate body of the medical device configured for direct access from an exterior surface by a selected approach angle to the interior of a patient via one of said internal wall or lining during use of the device, the balloons in an inflated state configured to seal and to lock the elongate body of the medical device in place at the internal human wall or lining during use of the device; said first and second balloons and said respective first and second indentations comprising an assembly which is slidably moveable along the elongate body, the assembly being radially within the predetermined length of the elongate body, said first and second balloons being configured to communicate with a single inflation/deflation channel of the elongate body.