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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2022
Applicant:

Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masahiro Ashizuka, Hino, JP;

Sergey A. Bukesov, Acton, MA (US);

Kester J. Batchelor, Mound, MN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); G02B 23/2469 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01);
Abstract

The endoscope has an insertion portion, an imaging unit, and a member formed in a given dimension. The insertion portion has an apical portion, an actively curvable portion, and a treatment device channel. The actively curvable portion is located on the proximal side of the apical portion. The treatment device channel is positioned along the longitudinal axis of the insertion portion. The insertion portion is formed of resin. One or more radiopaque members, formed of knowns dimensions, are coated on a surface of the insertion portion or placed in, buried or covered laterally in the insertion portion. The X-ray transmittance of the radiopaque members is different from the X-ray transmittance of the resin forming the insertion portion.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Ashizuka, Masahiro. (2024). Endoscope and optical probe systems (U.S. Patent No. 11986151). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11986151

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