BRUSH DEVICE FOR GRASPING AND MANIPULATING TISSUE

摘要

A brush-like element (30, 40, 46, 54, 202) can be housed within a vacuum sleeve (12, 42, 48, 56, 104, 206) for advancement through a natural orifice to tissue, such as an appendix or gall bladder or diverticulum, to be inverted pursuant to resolution of a malady associated with the tissue. The brush is advanced out of the sleeve into the tissue and if desired rotated, and vacuum may also be drawn through the sleeve to further grip the tissue. The brush is then retracted into the sleeve to clamp or trap the tissue for inversion or other manipulation.