Patent ID: 8251945

Claim:
A device for suctioning material during an endoscopic procedure, the device comprising: a) a biopsy valve having an inlet port, an outlet port, an instrument entry port, and an outer circumferential surface, b) tubing connecting said biopsy valve outlet port to a suction source connector disposed remote from said biopsy valve; and c) a flow controller fixed to said tubing and disposed between said biopsy valve outlet port and said suction source connector; d) wherein said biopsy valve defines an internal passage leading from said inlet port to said outlet port, said instrument entry port leads to said internal passage and wherein at least a portion of said inlet port is flexibly adapted to removably connect said biopsy valve to a biopsy port of an endoscope and to operatively connect said suction source connector to said biopsy valve to suction material from the endoscope.