Patent ID: 8444551
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical device, comprising: an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and a distal end; a channel at least partially extending through the body and configured to receive a viewing device, wherein the viewing device is moveable relative to the body along the longitudinal axis of the body; a flexible lumen extending distally from the distal end of the body, and including a distal end and a plurality of articulating members, wherein each articulating member is differently located along a longitudinal axis of the flexible lumen and is moveably coupled to an adjacent articulating member to permit deflection of the distal end of the flexible lumen; and an elongate control member having a distal part fixed to a distal portion of the flexible lumen and having a proximal part moveable relative to a proximal portion of the flexible lumen to control deflection of the flexible lumen.