Patents Assigned to Andco Tek, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6053860
    Abstract: In the method of treating internal body tissue, the steps that include providing an endoscope having a viewing channel, with an elongated optical stem, associated with the channel, and defining a longitudinal axis; providing a longitudinally elongated sheath received on a stem and supported for controlled rotation about an axis and into selected angular position relative to a support, to gain access to the selected urethral tissue zone to be treated; providing means to be rotated with the sheath to be targeted toward and to eject flowable treatment material onto or into tissue at a zone; and rotating the sheath and ejecting treatment material at a selected zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Andco Tek Inc.
    Inventor: Albert E. Brooks
  • Patent number: 5862804
    Abstract: A leakpoint wetness sensor for urological investigations including an instrument having a passage therethrough to pass a catheter intended for insertion into the bladder through the urethra. A temperature sensitive reference sensor mounted to the body and exposed to and responsive to ambient temperature. A receptacle in the body so disposed and arranged to receive liquid which leaks from the urethra past the catheter. A temperature sensitive detector sensor mounted to the body where it will be contacted by the leaked liquid and detector sensor being responsive to the temperature of the liquid. A circuit device is responsive to outputs from the sensors to provide a response reflective of a difference between the temperatures when the detector sensor is wetted by leaked liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Andco Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary T. Ketchum