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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:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ryouji Masubuchi, Mizuho, JP;
Osamu Tamada, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshihiro Iida, Tama, JP;
Jin Kira, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Moriyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Saito, Hannou, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600123 ; 600146 ; 600107 ;
Abstract
A cover-system endoscope comprises the main body of an endoscope and an endoscope cover assembly for covering the main body of the endoscope. The endoscope cover assembly includes a direction changing means such as a tube body, an erecting base having a hinge section or a balloon for erecting the erecting base in order to change the direction of a medical treatment instrument which is inserted through the medical treatment instrument channel.