STEERABLE SEGMENTED ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD OF INSERTION

A steerable endoscope has an elongated body with a selectively steerable distal portion and an automatically controlled proximal portion. The endoscope body is inserted into a patient and the selectively steerable distal portion is used to select a desired path within the patient's body. When t...

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Hauptverfasser:	DEWITT FREY PAUL, MCELHANEY CHRISTINE WEI HSIEN, TARTAGLIA JOSEPH M, OHLINE ROBERT MATTHEW, MILROY JAMES CRAIG, BELSON AMIR
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS OPTICS PHYSICS SURGERY
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