Apparatus and method for placement of device along wall of a body lumen

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12121214
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17515863

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An apparatus includes: a expandable structure formable into three dimensional shapes including a range of diameters and corresponding lengths; a movable component moveable between a range of positions effecting the range of diameters; and a mechanical linkage disposed between the movable component and the expandable structure. The expandable structure is configured to fit inside a working channel of an endoscope when the expandable structure is collapsed. The mechanical linkage is configured to move the collapsed expandable structure through the working channel to a selected location past a distal end of the endoscope and to increase and decrease a diameter of the expandable structure in response to changes in the position of the movable component when the expandable structure is at the selected location.

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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMOREOFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 620 W LEXINGTON STREET 4TH FLOOR BALTIMORE MD 21201

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Wolf, Jeffrey S Owings Mills, US 10 82

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