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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takahisa Kato, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00305 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical apparatus includes a bendably deformable portion, a deforming-force-transmitting mechanism that is connected to a part of the bendably deformable portion, and an operation portion that applies a deforming force or a shape retaining force to the bendably deformable portion by controlling a tension applied to the deforming-force-transmitting mechanism.