Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope and method for inserting endoscope into colon
- Patent Title (中): 内窥镜和内窥镜插入结肠的方法
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Application No.: US11507424Application Date: 2006-08-21
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Publication No.: US08366606B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Atsushi Watanabe , Hiroki Moriyama , Takahiro Kishi , Yasuhito Kura , Ryuhei Fujimoto , Katsutaka Adachi
- Applicant: Atsushi Watanabe , Hiroki Moriyama , Takahiro Kishi , Yasuhito Kura , Ryuhei Fujimoto , Katsutaka Adachi
- 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: JP2005-240288 20050822
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00
Abstract:
A first bendable section which can be bent in an arbitrary direction and a second bendable section which can be bent in the bending direction of this first bendable section are provided at the tip end side of an insertion portion. A balloon which is inflated/contracted by feed/discharge of a fluid is provided in this second bendable section so that hardness of this second bendable section can be varied and insertion work into a curved portion is facilitated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070043261A1 Endoscope and method for inserting endoscope into colon Public/Granted day:2007-02-22
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