Patent ID: 6908427

Claim:
An endoscopic device including a tube member having a distal end adapted for insertion into a patient and an imaging apparatus for providing an image of an area proximate to said distal end of said tube member, said endoscopic device further comprising: a housing for selective attachment to a distal end of an endoscopic device, said housing having an internal chamber; a first aperture extending through said housing to said internal chamber, said first aperture being adapted to engage said distal end of said tube member; a second aperture extending through said housing to said internal chamber for providing access to patient tissue disposed adjacent to said housing during an endoscopic procedure; and a needle selectively moveable from a first position within said internal chamber through said second aperture to a second position outside of said internal chamber, wherein in said second position said needle projects from said housing and is engageable with patient tissue, and wherein said needle is moveable from said second position to said first position to dispose engaged tissue through said second aperture into said internal chamber.