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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 1/00002 (2013.01); A61B 1/00071 (2013.01); A61B 1/01 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22051 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guidewire holding device comprises a sheath including a lumen, a holder disposed at a distal end of the sheath and configured to be switchable between holding a guidewire and releasing the guidewire, a treatment tool inserted in the lumen to perform an intended treatment, and a wire connected to the treatment tool and configured to move the treatment tool between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the treatment tool is contained insider the lumen, and, in the second configuration, the treatment tool is protruded from the distal end of the sheath.