MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGNED FOR GAINING ACCESS TO BODY CAVITY AND PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES INSIDE IT, AND METHODS FOR ITS ADVANCING THROUGH BODY AND GAINING ACCESS INTO BODY CAVITY

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical device in a tube as an alternative of a conventional, reusable and flexible endoscope, which is low-cost and potentially disposable, and designed to be advanced through a body part. PSOLUTION: This medical device 210 for performing medical procedures inside a body cavity of a patient comprises a flexible member 230 with a penetrating channel 244 allocatable in the body cavity, and a track 250 set in the channel 244 and extended toward a distal side of the flexible member 230, where a loop portion 256 is formed. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI