National Cancer Center

Hoya Corporation

Pentax Corporation

Tamakawa Co., Ltd.

Tadao Kakizoe

Toshiaki Kobayashi

Kunitoshi Ikeda

Hiroshi Sano

Akira Sugiyama

Hirohisa Ueda

Kenichi Ohara

Takuji Gotoda

Katsunori Tamakawa

An internal treatment apparatus for a patient having a flexible tubular body to be introduced into a patient includes a center opening for inserting therethrough an endoscope for observing a target site, the center opening being circular in cross section and disposed at a center of an end face of the flexible tubular body; and a plurality of circumferential apertures through which surgical instruments are inserted for performing a surgical procedure on the target site, the plurality of circumferential apertures being provided in the flexible tubular body at equi-angular intervals around the center opening.

Internal treatment apparatus having circumferential side holes

A magnetic anchor remote guidance system includes an engagement member which engages with a body portion in a patient's body; a magnetic anchor made of a magnetic material, connected to the engagement member; and a magnetic anchor guide device which is disposed out of the patient's body and which produces a magnetic field to power the magnetic anchor. The body portion engaged by the engagement member is raised by supplying power to the magnetic anchor via the magnetic field produced by the magnetic anchor guide device.

Magnetic anchor remote guidance system

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Tokyo, Japan

Tadao Kakizoe