Patent ID: 8357148
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A multi-functional endoscopic system, comprising: an operator console; an imaging endoscope and a removable electrosurgical device usable with the imaging endoscope, wherein the removable electrosurgical device is insertable into and removable from a lumen extending through the imaging endoscope, wherein the imaging endoscope comprises: wherein the endoscopic system is configured for a high-frequency electrosurgical current to flow from the electrosurgical generator to the endoscope proximal connector, along the shaft from the first end of the shaft to the second end of the shaft, through the handheld controller, to the electrical connector of the handheld controller, to the removable electrosurgical device, and through the port of the handheld controller, such that the removable electrosurgical device electrically connects to the electrosurgical generator through the handheld controller.