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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2022
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 17/320068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cover member includes: a sheath that is formed in a cylindrical shape for receiving a shaft; and a tubular portion that is attached to a distal end of the sheath. The tubular portion being formed such that an outer dimension of a distal end portion of the tubular portion in a first direction is smaller than an outer dimension of a proximal end portion of the tubular portion in the first direction and/or an outer dimension of the distal end portion in a second direction is smaller than an outer dimension of the proximal end portion in the second direction.