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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2020
National University Corporation Kochi University, Kochi, JP;
Takayuki Sato, Kochi, JP;
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOCHI UNIVERSITY, Kochi, JP;
Abstract
A medical tool for fingertip of the present invention has a resin layer that emits red fluorescence or near-infrared fluorescence, and is used by putting it on a fingertip. More specifically, the medical tools for fingertipA toE have a finger cot shape and an opening portionfrom which the ball of the finger is exposed when put on, and are formed of a resin that emits red fluorescence or near-infrared fluorescence. Alternatively, the medical tools for fingertipF andG have a glove shape, and a printing layerthat is formed of a resin that emits red fluorescence or near-infrared fluorescence on or around the ball of the finger thereof. Further alternatively, the medical tools for fingertipH andI are a sticker-like medical tool having an adhesive layer provided to one surface of the resin layer that emits red fluorescence or near-infrared fluorescence, and have a size that allows it to be attached to the ball of the finger. When the medical tools for fingertip are put on the tip of a finger of a surgeon used for palpation of a living body, the position of an affected site which has been specified from the mucosal side by the palpation can be accurately specified from the serosal side.