Minimally Invasive Access Channels Into Bodily Regions
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USPTO published patent application US20260090836A1 filed by MicroCube, LLC for access devices and methods to create channels for introducing working devices into anatomical regions. The invention uses visualization modalities (endoscopes, ultrasound) to create access channels that are then used for diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive procedures, with endometrial ablation as a specific example application.
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MicroCube, LLC filed patent application US20260090836A1 disclosing access devices and methods for creating visualization-guided access channels into bodily regions for introducing working devices. The access channel is created using a visualization modality (endoscopes or body-insertable ultrasound imaging devices) that is removed before inserting working devices through the established channel. The invention enables procedures in small-sized natural or surgically created insertion tracts and can be used with devices such as sheaths, guidewires, and elongate devices with lumens.
This patent application does not impose compliance obligations on regulated entities. Companies developing medical devices for minimally invasive procedures, particularly in endometrial ablation or similar diagnostic/therapeutic applications, should review the claims to assess potential licensing needs or freedom-to-operate considerations for competing access channel technologies.
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MINIMALLY INVASIVE ACCESS CHANNELS INTO BODILY REGIONS
Application US20260090836A1 Kind: A1 Apr 02, 2026
Assignee
MicroCube, LLC
Inventors
Dinesh I. MODY, Ketan SHROFF, Amrish J. WALKE, Clarence EMMONS, Grason OTT, Michael DOBROWSKI, Meera MODY
Abstract
The present invention discloses access devices and methods to create an access channel for introduction of one or more working devices into an anatomical region. The access channel is created using a visualization modality that is later removed before inserting one or more working devices through the access channel. This allows the methods and devices of the present invention to be used even in small sized natural or surgically created insertion tracts leading to the anatomical region. The access channel can be made of a device such as a sheath, a guidewire, and an elongate device comprising a lumen. Examples of visualization modalities are endoscopes and body insertable ultrasound imaging devices. The working devices can be used to perform a variety of diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive procedures. Endometrial ablation devices and procedures have been used as an example to describe various aspects of the present invention.
CPC Classifications
A61B 18/1492 A61B 1/00078 A61B 1/00135 A61B 1/303 A61B 8/0841 A61B 8/12 A61B 8/481 A61B 2018/00559 A61B 2018/00577 A61B 2018/00982
Filing Date
2025-10-01
Application No.
19347434
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