IP Library Granted Patent US 7,331,971
Granted Patent B2
US 7,331,971 · App. 10/976,228 · Granted Feb 19, 2008

Living-body tissue removing apparatus

Assignees: Olympus Corporation; Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,331,971
App. No.
10/976,228
Granted
Feb 19, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A living-body tissue removing apparatus according to the present invention includes a grip portion, an inserting portion which is connected to the grip portion and is inserted in the body, an endoscope inserting channel which is arranged in the inserting portion and in which an endoscope is inserted, and a wiper member which is arranged in the inserting portion and is slid on a surface of a window portion of a front end portion of the endoscope when the wiper member is inserted in the endoscope inserting channel, wherein the inserting portion comprises a hole portion arranged at the position in the sliding direction of the wiper member.

Claims (11)

1. A living-body tissue removing apparatus comprising:

a grip portion;

an inserting portion which is connected to the grip portion and which is adapted to be inserted in a body;

an endoscope inserting channel which is arranged in the inserting portion and which is adapted to have an endoscope inserted therein;

a wiper member which is arranged in the inserting portion rearward of a front-most position of the inserting portion and which is operable to slide in a sliding direction on a surface of a window portion of a front end portion of the endoscope when the endoscope is inserted in the endoscope inserting channel; and

at least one hole extending through a side wall of the inserting portion at a position intersected by the sliding direction of the wiper member.

2. A living-body tissue removing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the wiper member is rotated with one end of the wiper serving as an axis of rotation, and the surface wiped by the wiper member is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the inserting portion.

3. A living-body tissue removing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a wiper operating member which is provided to the grip portion and rotates the wiper member.

4. A living-body tissue removing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising another hole extending through the side wall of the inserting portion at another position intersected by the sliding direction of the wiper member.

5. According to the apparatus in claim 1 , the wiper member is positioned inside a front end of the inserting portion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2005
From: KASAHARA, HIDEYUKI; KOGASAKA, TAKAHIRO
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION; TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 015889/0648 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6051664900 · Oct 31, 2003
Related Publication 20050159764A1 · Jul 21, 2005