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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1997
Toshiya Sugai, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagamizu, Hachioji, JP;
Minoru Tsuruta, Hino, JP;
Yoshihito Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Toshihiko Suzuta, Hachioji, JP;
Norikiyo Shibata, Yamato, JP;
Shinichi Nishigaki, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Uchiyama, Fuchu, JP;
Yoshinao Oaki, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical treatment instrument is provided with a treatment section for treating issue, an insertion section which has at one end the treatment section, and an operating section which is provided at the other end of the insertion section, operates the treatment section, and has a fixed portion and a movable portion. The treatment section is actuated by pivoting the movable portion with respect to the fixed portion. The medical treatment instrument is further provided with an actuating main body and a cover. The cover is displaceable between a first position in which the medical treatment instrument is used and a second position in which the inside of the operating section is uncovered.