Patent ID: 7780592

Claim:
A tissue-receiving member for use with an endoscope in an endoscopic delivery system, the tissue-receiving member comprising: a first portion that defines an opening configured to receive a distal end of the endoscope; and a second portion that extends axially relative to a major axis of the endoscope from a distal end of the first portion to a distal end of the tissue-receiving member, wherein a distal surface of the first portion and an inner surface of the second portion define a tissue-receiving space configured to receive tissue of a patient when vacuum pressure is applied to the tissue-receiving space via the endoscope while the distal end of the endoscope is received in the opening of the first portion, wherein the distal surface of the first portion is formed with at least one vacuum aperture and at least one delivery port, the at least one delivery port substantially between the inner surface of the second portion and the at least one vacuum aperture of the distal surface, and wherein the tissue-receiving member is configured to transmit vacuum pressure received from a vacuum source through a vacuum port and a vacuum lumen of the endoscope to the tissue receiving space via the at least one vacuum aperture when the endoscope is received in the opening of the first portion.