Patent ID: 8244327

Claim:
An interventional device for use while a subject including a mammalian body is within an imaging field of a medical imaging apparatus, said interventional device comprising: an end member, a portion of which is inserted into one of a natural cavity or an artificially formed cavity of the subject while the subject is within the imaging field of the medical imaging apparatus; and wherein said end member includes: a sheath member being configured and arranged to be received with said one of natural or artificial body cavity, a carrier member being one of translatably or rotatably disposed inside the sheath member, wherein the sheath member and the carrier member are configured and arranged so at least translation of the carrier member is not imparted to the sheath member, and wherein the carrier member is configured and arranged to selectively deploy a medical device therefrom between a stored position and a deployed position, where in the deployed position a portion of the medical device is disposed in target tissues about said one of the natural or artificial body cavity.