Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Olympus Corporation

Toshihiko Hashiguchi

Hitoshi Karasawa

Katsumi Sasaki

Kenji Yoshino

Kenichi Kimura

Toyoharu Hanzawa

Susumu Takahashi

Eiji Murakami

Tetsumaru Kubota

Takashi Fukaya

Akio Nakada

Nobuaki Akui

Akihiko Mochida

Akihiro Taguchi

Iwao Kanamori

Atsushi Kidawara

Yuichi Ikeda

Shinji Yamashita

Katsuyuki Saito

Hiroki Hibino

Masaaki Hayashi

Keisuke Saito

Akira Shiga

Masao Uehara

Takashi Tsukaya

Shuichi Takayama

Yutaka Yanagawa

Hiroyuki Sasa

Wataru Ohno

Akira Murata

Toshiya Sugai

Kenichi Nishina

Makoto Inaba

Yutaka Ohshima

Masahito Goto

Shingo Kato

Motoyuki Tagawa

Hideki Koyanagi

Mitsumasa Okada

Masakazu Gotanda

Tadao Hagino

Tatsuya Kubota

Norikiyo Shibata

Makoto Miyawaki

David E Barlow

Hiroyuki Kusunoki

Satoshi Honma

Koichiro Ishihara

Kesao Isono

Kiyotoshi Sakashita

Yasuhiko Kikuchi

Shozo Shibuya

Tadashi Hatano

Jack Goodman

Frank Klosterman

Toru Shimizu

Yoshie Ikegami

Kohichiro Ishihara

An endoscope or treatment instrument including: an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject; an electrodeposition portion configured to electrodeposit a lubricant applied to an outer surface, the outer surface including: a conductive portion provided on the insertion portion and made of a conductive material; and an insulating portion covering an outer surface of the conductive portion, exposed to a surface of the insertion portion, and made of an electrically insulating material; a connection portion connected to the conductive portion of the electrodeposition portion to take an electric charge; and a static electricity generation apparatus connected to the connection portion and configured to electrodeposit the conductive portion of the electrodeposition portion in a state that the insulating portion electrically insulates the conductive portion and an outside of the endoscope or treatment instrument.

Endoscope and treatment instrument with lubricant electrodeposition

An endoscope and a treatment instrument of the present invention include: an insertion portion that can be inserted into a subject; an electrodeposition portion provided on a surface of the insertion portion and configured to electrodeposit a lubricant applied to an outer surface; and a connection portion configured to connect the electrodeposition portion to one of a direct current power source and a static electricity generation apparatus in a state that the insertion portion is inserted into the subject.

A rigid endoscope set according to the invention includes a rigid endoscope body having a first insertion portion inserted into a subject, a first channel provided in the first insertion portion and an ultrasound observation section disposed at a distal end of the first insertion portion to observe the subject, a treatment instrument guide having a second insertion portion configured to be inserted into or removed from the first channel and a second channel provided in the second insertion portion, and an optical telescope having a needle portion configured to be insertable into or removable from the second channel, a third insertion portion configured to be insertable into or removable from the first channel instead of the treatment instrument guide and an optical observation section disposed at a distal end of the third insertion portion to observe the subject.

Rigid endoscope set

A rigid endoscope for prostate biopsy includes: an insertion portion including a distal end portion including an ultrasound transmission and reception portion, and a bent portion bent at a predetermined curvature; a treatment instrument insertion channel that passes through inside the bent portion and includes a first opening portion provided on a distal end side and a second opening portion provided on a proximal end side; a shaft-shaped portion installed to extend in a proximal end direction of the bent portion along a straight line passing through an inflection portion provided between the distal end portion and the bent portion; and a grasping portion that includes the shaft-shaped portion.

Rigid endoscope for prostate biopsy and treatment instrument

An ultrasonic treatment device for surgery includes: a treatment portion (ultrasonic probe) for treating living-body tissue by transmitting thereto ultrasonic vibrations generated by means of an ultrasonic transducer; a fixed manipulating section main body wherein this treatment portion is inserted and arranged; a moveable jaw that grips living-body tissue with this treatment portion, being arranged opposite to this treatment portion and being freely rotatably supported at the peripheral surface of this manipulating section main body; and a moveable handle linked with the moveable jaw for opening/closure operation of this moveable jaw with respect to the treatment portion and freely rotatably supported on the peripheral surface of the manipulating section main body; wherein the moveable jaw and the moveable handle are arranged on the same side with respect to the longitudinal central axis of the fixed manipulating section main body.

Ultrasonic treatment device

A treatment tool for operation comprises an insertion section ( ) inserted into a living body, an operating section ( ) including a fixed handle ( ) removably connected to the base end side of the insertion section and a movable handle ( ) adapted to operate with respect to the fixed handle, and a treatment section drive unit ( ) including a treatment section operable and arranged at the forward end side of the insertion section, a drive unit ( ) for driving the treatment section and a drive shaft ( ) for connecting the drive unit to the operating section and transmitting the operating force of the operating section to the drive unit for operating the treatment section. An engaging section ( ) is arranged at the forward end side of the fixed handle, and an engaging/disengaging member ( ) is arranged at the base end of the insertion section and is adapted to engage the engaging section as required. A biasing member is provided for energizing the disengaging/engaging member toward the position of engagement between the engaging/disengaging member and the engaging section.

Treatment tool for operation

An ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to the present invention comprises an ultrasonic transducer for generating ultrasonic vibration, a vibration transmitting member for transmitting the ultrasonic vibration generated by the ultrasonic transducer, the vibration transmitting member having a proximal end connected to the ultrasonic transducer and a distal end portion used to treat a living organism by means of the transmitted ultrasonic vibration, a grasping member opposed to the distal end portion of the vibration transmitting member and having a grasping surface capable of grasping the living organism in cooperation with the distal end portion, an operating mechanism for moving the grasping member between a closed position in which the grasping member engages the distal end portion of the vibration transmitting member and an open position in which the grasping member is separated from distal end portion, and a follow-up mechanism for driving or allowing the grasping member in the closed position to follow a deflective displacement of the distal end portion of the vibration transmitting member so that the substantially whole surface of the grasping surface of the grasping member contacts with the distal end portion of the vibration transmitting member.

Ultrasonic treatment apparatus

An endoscope forceps of the present invention comprises an operating section for inputting an operating force, an insertion section, which is fixedly connected to the operating section, and which can be inserted into a channel of an endoscope, an operating rod, which is inserted in the insertion section so as to be movable forward or backward, one end of which is connected to the operating section, and which is moved forward or backward by the operating force input to the operating section, and a forceps section which is disposed at the fore end of the insertion section, wherein the forceps section comprises a first jaw pivotably mounted at the other end of the operating rod with a first pivotal shaft engaging with both, and a second jaw pivotably mounted at the fore end of the inserting section with a second pivotal shaft engaging with both, and the first jaw and the second jaw are pivotably mounted to each other with a third pivotal shaft engaging with both.

Endoscope forceps

A treating instrument for an operation includes an elastic ring for reducing a load on an operator's fingers which contact first and second rings of first and second handle elements. The elastic ring is provided on a section of at least one of the first and second rings which contacts the operator's fingers.

Treating instrument for operation and medical device using the treatment

A medical instrument for use in combination with an endoscope having an operating shaft and a pair of tongs. The instrument has a drive mechanism provided between the operating shaft and the tongs, for opening and closing the tongs. The drive mechanism can apply an additional force to the tongs even after the tongs have closed completely.

Medical instrument for use in combination with endoscopes

A stereoscopic endoscope including an objective lens system for forming an image of an object which objective lens system is arranged at the front end of an inserting section and has a single optical axis; an image transmission device coaxially arranged with the objective lens system and adapted to transmit the image formed by the objective lens system; a pupil dividing device for dividing the image transmitted through the objective lens system and the image transmission device so as to obtain left and right images of the object; an image sensing device for picking up the left and right images obtained by the pupil dividing device; a first support structure containing at least the objective lens system; and a second support structure containing at least the pupil dividing device and the image sensing device, wherein the first and second support structures are rotatable relative to each other around an axis extending along the longitudinal dimension of the endoscope.

Stereoscopic endoscope

A stereoscopic endoscope including an objective lens system for forming an image of an object which objective lens system is arranged at the front end of an inserting section and has a single optical axis; an image transmission device coaxially arranged with the objective lens system and adapted to transmit the image formed by the objective lens system; a pupil dividing device for dividing the image transmitted through the objective lens system and the image transmission device so as to obtain left and right images of the object; an image sensing device for picking up the left and right images obtained by the pupil dividing device; a first support structure containing-at least the objective lens system; and a second support structure containing at least the pupil dividing device and the image sensing device, wherein the first and second support structures are rotatable relative to each other around an axis extending along the longitudinal dimension of the endoscope.

A three-dimensional vision endoscopic apparatus according to the present invention comprises a pair of optical systems for transmitting an image of a subject as two subject images having a parallax between them, a pair of imaging devices for picking up subject images transmitted by the optical systems, at least one visual field mask, a display unit for displaying the two subject images alternately or concurrently, an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the position of one or both of the imaging devices so that the display images will become consistent on the screen of the display unit, and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the relative position of the visual field mask.

Three-dimensional vision endoscope with position adjustment means for

A surgical instrument for treatment in the body cavity, in which an open-close member for treatment is rockably mounted by of a pivot pin on the distal end portion of a sheath to be inserted into the body cavity, and is connected to the distal end of a rod passed through the sheath, by a cam mechanism including a cam groove and a cam pin in engagement therewith. As the rod is moved by an operating handle, the cam mechanism is activated to open and close the open-close member for treatment. The component members of the cam mechanism have external shapes such that those portions on the proximal end side of the position near the pivot pin do not project from the sheath in every operating state.

Surgical instrument

An ultrasonic aspirator has a probe having the inside path made an aspirating path by being provided on the base side with an ultrasonic vibrator. The probe is used as an ultrasonic vibration transmitting member and is in contact at the tip with an object within a body cavity to crush the object and to discharge the crushed object out of the probe through the aspirating path. A device, for detecting a break of the probe, is provided so that, when the probe breaks, the vibration of the above mentioned ultrasonic vibrator will be stopped by a signal from the detecting device.

Probe break detector for an ultrasonic aspirator

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Toshihiko Hashiguchi