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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606213 ; 604 15 ; 604 22 ; 604 60 ; 604165 ; 604166 ; 606167 ; 606159 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for blocking a vein branch is provided with an outer tube having a tubular passage opened at its distal and proximal ends and a bent distal end portion, an inner tube slidably inserted in the outer tube so as to be projected and retracted from the opening formed in the distal end portion of the outer tube and having a storing portion filled with a vein-branch blocking member, and a push-out member for pushing out the blocking member in the vein branch.