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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyoshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takami Shibazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3417 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00314 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00318 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00991 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2901 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2906 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3443 (2013.01); A61B 2090/508 (2016.02);
Abstract
A mantle tube including a bendable member, which is formed in such a way as to be received in an elongate, annular, cylindrical member, includes two fixed sites that are fixed to the cylindrical member and a bendable site that is interposed between these fixed sites and bendable in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction thereof, an angle adjustment member that is capable of adjusting a bending angle of the bendable site, and an angle holding mechanism that is capable of holding, at any desired bending angle, the bendable site bent by the angle adjustment member.