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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kimihiko Naito, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61M 25/0113 (2013.01);
Abstract
An insertion instrument includes an insertion portion, a tubular member that rotates about a longitudinal axis by a transmitted driving force, a flange portion that holds a position of the tubular member at an outer periphery of the insertion portion, a tapered portion having an outer diameter that gradually decreases toward a proximal end side, and an adhesive layer formed to smoothly connect a proximal end portion of the tapered portion and an outer periphery of the insertion portion.