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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kiyotoshi Sakashita, Hachioji, JP;
Ichiro Kagawa, Akishima, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 27 ; 606185 ; 606205 ; 128-4 ;
Abstract
A medical instrument comprises an operating section and an insertion section connected to the operating section and adapted to be inserted into a living body, the insertion section including a tubular member formed of a liquid crystal polymer. The tubular member constituting the insertion section of the medical instrument or a channel tube disposed in the insertion section is formed thin-walled by using the liquid crystal polymer.