SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING TUNNELS AND PATHWAYS WITH ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE
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Applicant
Noah Medical Corporation
Inventor
Sujeeth Parthiban; Enrique Romo; Daniel Nasr-Church; Mary Guan
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CPC Classification
Methods and devices for creating a tunnel for accessing a target tissue are provided. The method comprises: navigating a robotic bronchoscope towards a target site in an airway passage; inserting a tunnel creation device through a working channel of the robotic bronchoscope and creating an opening on the airway at the target site; and inserting a treatment device through the working channel and reaching a target tissue by passing through the opening. The tunnel creation device utilized RF energy with a metal tip, where the metal tip has a rough surface to anchor the metal tip to the target site. The opening has a size allowing the treatment device to pass through and the size is smaller than a diameter of the robotic bronchoscope.
Original (Chinese)
Methods and devices for creating a tunnel for accessing a target tissue are provided. The method comprises: navigating a robotic bronchoscope towards a target site in an airway passage; inserting a tunnel creation device through a working channel of the robotic bronchoscope and creating an opening on the airway at the target site; and inserting a treatment device through the working channel and reaching a target tissue by passing through the opening. The tunnel creation device utilized RF energy with a metal tip, where the metal tip has a rough surface to anchor the metal tip to the target site. The opening has a size allowing the treatment device to pass through and the size is smaller than a diameter of the robotic bronchoscope.
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