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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shoichi Matsui, Sagamihara, JP;
Kenichi Nishina, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 7/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61F 7/12 (2013.01); A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0095 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0047 (2013.01); A61N 2007/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat monitoring instrument of the invention includes: an insertion portion for inserting into tissue of a subject; a distal end portion that constitutes a distal end portion of the insertion portion and receives and transmits heat of the subject into which the insertion portion is inserted; and a shape-memory portion that constitutes the distal end portion and changes shape due to the heat of the subject.