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US 12,295,550 · App. 16/631,473 · Granted May 13, 2025

Dynamically rigidizing overtube

Inventors: Alexander Q. Tilson (Burlingame, CA); Garrett J. Gomes (San Mateo, CA); Stephen J. Morris (Sunnyvale, CA); Eugene F. Duval (Menlo Park, CA); Adam S. Wigginton (Sunnyvale, CA); Mark C. Scheeff (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Neptune Medical Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,295,550
App. No.
16/631,473
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rigidizing overtube includes an elongate flexible tube, one or more mounting elements attached to the flexible tube, and a plurality of engagers connected to the one or more mounting elements. The rigidizing overtube has a flexible configuration in which the plurality of engagers are configured to move relative to other engagers to accommodate bending of the flexible tube. The rigidizing overtube also has a rigid configuration in which the plurality of engagers are fixed relative to other engagers to prevent the flexible tube from bending.

Claims (34)

1. A rigidizing overtube comprising:

an elongate flexible tube;

mounting elements attached to the elongate flexible tube;

a plurality of male engagers and a plurality of female engagers connected to the mounting elements, the plurality of male and the plurality of female engagers positioned in an alternating arrangement around a circumference of the rigidizing overtube;

wherein the rigidizing overtube has a flexible configuration in which the plurality of male and female engagers are configured to move axially relative to each other to accommodate bending of the elongate flexible tube;

wherein the rigidizing overtube has a rigid configuration in which the plurality of female engagers are fixed relative to the plurality of male engagers to prevent the elongate flexible tube from bending,

wherein the mounting elements is attached to the elongate flexible tube so that axial movement between the mounting elements and the elongate flexible tube is prevented when the rigidizing overtube is in the flexible configuration and the rigid configuration, and

wherein the rigidizing overtube is configured such that an application of vacuum between an outer layer and an inner tube of the rigidizing overtube transitions the rigidizing overtube from the flexible configuration to the rigid configuration and fixes the plurality of female engagers relative to the plurality of male engagers by constricting the outer layer around the plurality of female engagers and the plurality of male engagers, further wherein removal of the application of vacuum returns the rigidizing overtube to the flexible configuration.

2. The rigidizing overtube of claim 1 , wherein the outer layer is positioned around the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers.

3. The rigidizing overtube of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers are connected to the mounting elements with a plurality of pivoting elements, each of the plurality of pivoting elements connected to a male engager of the plurality of male engagers or a female engager of the plurality of female engagers.

4. The rigidizing overtube of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers are positioned in an alternating arrangement along a longitudinal axis of the rigidizing overtube.

5. The rigidizing overtube of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of male engagers have a double-wedge shaped cross section.

6. The rigidizing overtube of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of female engagers have an I-shaped cross section.

7. The rigidizing overtube of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of motion stops configured to prevent the plurality of female engagers and the plurality of male engagers from disengaging with one another when pulled apart axially, wherein the plurality of motion stops include serrations on the plurality of female engagers configured to interface with serrations on the plurality of male engagers, and vice versa.

8. A rigidizing overtube comprising:

an elongate flexible tube;

mounting elements attached to the elongate flexible tube;

a plurality of female engagers connected to the mounting elements; and

a plurality of male engagers connected to the mounting elements;

wherein the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers are positioned in an alternating arrangement around a circumference of the rigidizing overtube;

wherein the rigidizing overtube has a flexible configuration in which the plurality of male engagers are configured to move axially within and relative to the plurality of female engagers to accommodate bending of the elongate flexible tube;

wherein the rigidizing overtube has a rigid configuration in which the plurality of male engagers are fixed relative to the female engagers to prevent the elongate flexible tube from bending, wherein the mounting elements is attached to the elongate flexible tube so that axial movement between the mounting elements and the elongate flexible tube is prevented when the rigidizing overtube is in the flexible configuration and in the rigid configuration, and wherein the rigidizing overtube is configured to attach to a source of vacuum such that an application of vacuum between an outer layer and an inner tube of the rigidizing overtube transitions the rigidizing overtube from the flexible configuration to the rigid configuration, wherein the application of vacuum fixes the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers relative to other of the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers via constricting the outer layer around the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers, wherein removal of the application of vacuum returns the rigidizing overtube to the flexible configuration.

9. The rigidizing overtube of claim 8 , wherein the outer layer is positioned around the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers.

10. The rigidizing overtube of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers are connected to the mounting elements with a plurality of pivoting elements, each of the plurality of pivoting elements connected to one of the plurality of male engagers or the plurality of female engagers.

11. The rigidizing overtube of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers are positioned in an alternating arrangement along a longitudinal axis of the rigidizing overtube.

12. The rigidizing overtube of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of male engagers have a double-wedge shaped cross section.

13. The rigidizing overtube of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of female engagers have an I-shaped cross section.

14. The rigidizing overtube of claim 8 , further comprising a plurality of motion stops configured to prevent the plurality of female engagers and the plurality of male engagers from disengaging with one another when pulled apart axially, wherein the plurality of motion stops include serrations on the plurality of female engagers configured to interface with serrations on the plurality of male engagers, and vice versa.

15. The rigidizing overtube of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of male engagers or the plurality of female engagers include serrations thereon.

16. The rigidizing overtube of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers are configured to move relative to each other with respect to a longitudinal axis of the rigidizing overtube.

17. The rigidizing overtube of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of male engagers include a plurality of extensions, and the plurality of female engagers include a plurality of inner and outer flanges that define slots that are configured to accommodate the plurality of extensions therein.

18. The rigidizing overtube of claim 1 , wherein the mounting elements are shaped as rings.

19. The rigidizing overtube of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of male engagers engages with two of the plurality of female engagers.

20. The rigidizing overtube of claim 1 , wherein the application of vacuum causes the outer layer to radially constrict the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers, thereby causing the plurality of male engagers and the plurality of female engagers to fix in place in the rigidized configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2020
From: TILSON, ALEXANDER Q.; GOMES, GARRETT J.; MORRIS, STEPHEN J.; DUVAL, EUGENE F.; WIGGINTON, ADAM S.; SCHEEFF, MARK C.
To: NEPTUNE MEDICAL INC.
Reel/Frame 054758/0734 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62672444 · May 16, 2018
Provisional Application 62535134 · Jul 20, 2017
Related Publication 20200178763A1 · Jun 11, 2020
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