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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2023
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomofumi Katayama, Kunitachi, JP;
Takahiro Suzuki, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS SYSTEMS CORP., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61M 27/002 (2013.01); A61F 2002/041 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprises obstructing at least a portion of an inside of a gallbladder using a barrier, and suppressing, using the barrier, contacting at least a portion of an interior wall of the gallbladder with a bile from a cystic duct.