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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2023
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Yanuma, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The treatment tool including: a tube including a lumen extending in a longitudinal axis of the tube; a wire inserted into the lumen and extending along the longitudinal axis of the tube; a first handle connected to a proximal end portion of the wire; a second handle attached to a proximal end portion of the tube. In a first configuration, the first handle is rotatable relative to the second handle about a rotation axis. In a second configuration, the first handle is non-rotatable relative to the second handle when an applied force applied to the first handle in a rotation direction is equal to or less than a predetermined amount. The first handle is rotatable relative to the second handle when the applied force is greater than the predetermined amount.