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Granted Patent B2
US 12,193,637 · App. 18/235,719 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

External working channels

Inventors: Alexander Q. Tilson (Burlingame, CA); Mark C. Scheeff (Oakland, CA); Garrett J. Gomes (Pleasant Hill, CA); Francisco G. Lopez (San Mateo, CA); Justin Kirschbrown (San Mateo, CA); Wei Li Fan (San Francisco, CA); William Evans (San Francisco, CA); Viet Anh Nguyen (San Jose, CA); Stephan T. Hoffmann (Danville, CA); Kassidy Macphail (San Francisco, CA); Thomas Hsiu (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: Neptune Medical Inc.
A61B1/00078A61B1/00135
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Patent No.
US 12,193,637
App. No.
18/235,719
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) and methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including expandable and external working channels that may be part of a tube that is coupled to an outer surface of an elongate medical device, such as an endoscope.

Claims (29)

1. A system comprising:

an elongate steerable device comprising a steerable distal section; and

a working channel sleeve comprising one or more expandable external working channels, the expandable external working channels comprising one or more non-elastic filaments, wherein the working channel sleeve is positioned along the elongate steerable device and is configured so that the one or more external working channels expands when a tool is passed therethrough, wherein the one or more non-elastic filaments are knitted, braided or woven to form pores having a pore size that may vary as the one or more expandable external working channels is expanded or collapsed.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the elongate steerable device is configured to be rigidized from a flexible configuration to a rigid configuration.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more expandable external working channels is coupled to a proximal end region and to a distal end region of the elongate steerable device.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one guide configured to be removably inserted into the one or more expandable external working channels, the at least one guide including a lumen configured to expand the one or more expandable external working channels to enable passage of the tool therethrough.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one guide includes an atraumatic distal end.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the expandable external working channels comprise a mix of elastic and non-elastic filaments.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more expandable external working channels comprises a fluoropolymer material.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more expandable external working channels comprises a hydrophilic coating.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more expandable external working channels comprises a proximal entry marker thereon configured to indicate a distal exit position.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more non-elastic filaments comprises polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the expandable external working channels comprise a mix of elastic and non-elastic filaments.

12. A system comprising:

an elongate steerable device comprising a steerable distal section; and

a working channel sleeve comprising an outer member extending over an outer surface of the elongate rigidizing device, and

one or more expandable external working channels comprising one or more non-elastic filaments and extending along a length of the outer member and configured expand outwards when a tool is inserted therethrough wherein the one or more non-elastic filaments are knitted, braided or woven to form pores having a pore size that may vary as one or more expandable external working channels is expanded or collapsed.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the outer member is coupled to a proximal end region and to a distal end region of the elongate steerable device.

14. The system of claim 12 , further comprising at least one guide configured to be removably inserted into an expandable external working channel of the one or more expandable external working channels, the at least one guide including a lumen configured to enable passage of the tool therethrough.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one guide comprises a protrusion configured to enable rotational alignment of the at least one guide relative to the elongate rigidizing device.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the outer member comprises an elastomeric, plastic, or composite structure.

17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the outer member comprises a polyurethane or silicone material.

18. The system of claim 12 , wherein the outer member comprises a fluoropolymer material.

19. The system of claim 12 , wherein the outer member comprises a hydrophilic coating.

20. The system of claim 12 , wherein each of the one or more expandable external working channels comprises a proximal marker thereon configured to indicate a distal exit position.

21. A system comprising:

a first elongate device;

a second elongate device nested within the first elongate device, wherein either the first or second elongate device comprising a steerable distal section; and

a working channel sleeve comprising one or more expandable external working channels formed of one or more non-elastic filaments, the working channel sleeve positioned along the first elongate device and configured so that the one or more external working channels expands when a tool is passed therethrough, wherein the one or more expandable working channels are knitted, braided or woven to form pores having a pore size that may vary as one or more expandable external working channels is expanded or collapsed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2023
From: TILSON, ALEXANDER Q.; SCHEEFF, MARK C.; GOMES, GARRETT J.; LOPEZ, FRANCISCO G.; KIRSCHBROWN, JUSTIN; FAN, WEI LI; EVANS, WILLIAM; NGUYEN, VIET ANH; HOFFMANN, STEPHAN T.; MACPHAIL, KASSIDY; HSIU, THOMAS
To: NEPTUNE MEDICAL INC.
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Continuity (10)
Continuation 17940906 · Sep 8, 2022
Continuation In Part 17604203
Continuation In Part PCTUS2021034292 · May 26, 2021
Provisional Application 62835101 · Apr 17, 2019
Provisional Application 62854199 · May 29, 2019
Provisional Application 63030252 · May 26, 2020
Provisional Application 63128769 · Dec 21, 2020
Provisional Application 63165721 · Mar 24, 2021
Provisional Application 63342618 · May 16, 2022
Related Publication 20240081619A1 · Mar 14, 2024
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