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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Honda, Hadano, JP;
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A calculus removing device includes a cylinder, a screw, and a hand-operated unit. The cylinder includes a storage portion configured to store calculi and broken calculus pieces, and an opening communicating with the storage portion. The screw is helically-shaped, is arranged in the storage portion and is configured to move the calculi to a proximal end of the cylinder while drawing the calculi into the storage portion thereof via the opening in association with the rotation of the cylinder about an axial line along a longitudinal direction of the cylinder. The hand-operated unit includes an operating member for rotating the screw.