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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2023
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
National Cancer Center, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Nakamura, Hachioji, JP;
Satoru Nonaka, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Oda, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichiro Abe, Tokyo, JP;
National Cancer Center, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical stapler includes an attachment-detachment portion that is attachable to and detachable from a distal-end portion of an endoscope; a grasping portion arranged at a distal-end side of the attachment-detachment portion and configured to grasp target tissue and suture the grasped target tissue; and an advancement-retraction mechanism configured to connect the grasping portion to the attachment-detachment portion such that the grasping portion is advanceable and retractable with respect to the attachment-detachment portion, wherein the advancement-retraction mechanism includes a wire sheath inserting through a penetration hole formed in the attachment-detachment portion, a distal end of the wire sheath is fixed to the grasping portion, and the grasping portion moves to the distal-end side by moving the wire sheath toward the distal-end side.