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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:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
PENTAX Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 ;
Abstract
A cover tube, which is formed to be opened only at its upper surface and closed at its remaining portions, is disposed so as to be attachable and detachable beneath a hanger for suspending and holding an endoscope or an endoscope treatment member and so as to surround the tip end portion of the endoscope or the endoscope treatment member in a state of being suspended from and held by the hanger.