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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
May. 03, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Igarashi, Hachioji, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Tama, JP;
Yuji Hirai, Sagamihara, JP;
Kenichi Kimura, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Homma, Hino, JP;
Hiroshi Miyajima, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyoshi Yajima, Sagamihara, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical apparatus includes a treatment device configured to be capable of treating a subject by applying energy to the subject, an optical fiber including a light emitting face for emitting light into the subject, the optical fiber being connected to the treatment device, and a shield portion that is disposed in front of the light emitting face of the optical fiber, the shield portion being configured to expose the light emitting face when the treatment device does not perform a treatment operation and to shield the light emitting face when the treatment device performs the treatment operation.