Patents Assigned to Laser Medical Research Foundation
  • Patent number: 5209219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter apparatus for medical endoscopes. The present invention comprises an apparatus for inserting tightly into a typical access port of a medical endoscope. Such adapter apparatus permits certain medical implements, such as optical fibers for laser surgery, to be inserted therethrough for treatment of the patient. This adapter apparatus also permits simultaneous passage therethrough of saline or other irrigation fluid without the prior removal of the medical implement. This permits rapid, simultaneous irrigation to proceed directly through an existing endoscope channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Laser Medical Research Foundation
    Inventor: Robert S. Hollobaugh