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US 8,308,766 · App. 11/711,540 · Granted Nov 13, 2012

Endoscopic treatment instrument

Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,308,766
App. No.
11/711,540
Granted
Nov 13, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An endoscopic treatment instrument is provided which includes: a flexible sheath; a wire disposed inside the sheath so as to advance and retreat; a restriction member which restricts a movement of the wire in the sheath to a proximal side; an operating portion connected to a proximal end of the sheath; a wire operating portion which is connected to a proximal end of the wire and disposed to advance and retreat relative to the operating portion; a resilient member which has a first end and a second end and of which the first end is connected to the wire operating portion to expand and contract between the second end; a movable member which is connected to the second end so as to be movable relative to the operating portion; and a control member which is disposed in the movable member and which switches the movable member between a movable state and a fixed state relative to the operating portion.

Claims (15)

1. An endoscopic treatment instrument comprising:

a flexible sheath;

a wire disposed inside the sheath so as to advance and retreat;

a restriction member which restricts movement of the wire in the sheath to a proximal side;

an operating portion connected to a proximal end of the sheath;

a wire operating portion which is connected to a proximal end of the wire and disposed to advance and retreat relative to the operating portion;

a resilient member which has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to the wire operating portion and wherein the first end of the resilient member expands and contracts from the second end;

a movable member which is connected to the second end so as to be movable relative to the operating portion; and

a control member which is disposed in the movable member and which switches the movable member between a movable state and a fixed state relative to the operating portion,

wherein the sheath further comprises:

a hollow puncture needle which houses the wire having a hard needle portion disposed at the distal end thereof so as to advance and retreat; and

an outer sheath which houses the puncture needle so as to advance and retreat, wherein

a resilient restoring force of the resilient member is set to be smaller than a frictional force generated over an entire length between the wire and the puncture needle.

2. The endoscopic treatment instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the movable member is slidable relative to the operating portion, and wherein the control member protrudes from the movable member and is resiliently deformed in a direction of reducing a diameter of the movable member.

3. The endoscopic treatment instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient member is a spring member.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2015
From: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036276/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2007
From: SUZUKI, TAKAYUKI
To: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Reel/Frame 019461/0727 →
Continuity (1)
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