Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope insertion support tool and endoscope device
- Patent Title (中): 内窥镜插入支持工具和内窥镜装置
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Application No.: US12066172Application Date: 2006-06-01
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Publication No.: US08147401B2Publication Date: 2012-04-03
- Inventor: Koji Yamaya
- Applicant: Koji Yamaya
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2005-288213 20050930
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/311019 WO 20060601
- International Announcement: WO2007/039956 WO 20070412
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00

Abstract:
An endoscope insertion support tool includes an advancing and retracting member that is disposed in an insertion section of an endoscope, capable of advancing and retracting in a hollow passage, a distal end portion of which communicates with the outside, and has length projected from a distal end of the insertion section, a balloon member that includes an attaching portion attachable to an outer surface side of the insertion section of the endoscope and is connected to the distal end of the advancing and retracting member and capable of projecting from the distal end of the insertion section according to an advancing and retracting movement of the advancing and retracting member, and a fluid supplying and discharging unit including a conduit that is connected to the balloon member and inflates and deflates the balloon member according to supply and discharge of a fluid to and from the balloon member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090171156A1 ENDOSCOPE INSERTION SUPPORT TOOL AND ENDOSCOPE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2009-07-02
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