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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2003
Masahiro Ishikawa, Hino, JP;
Keita Suzuki, Kokubunji, JP;
Koichi Kawashima, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuya Yamamoto, Hidaka, JP;
Yoshio Onuki, Hino, JP;
Ryuta Sekine, Koganei, JP;
Anthony Nicholas Kalloo, Glenn Dale, MD (US);
Sergey Veniaminovich Kantsevoy, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Masahiro Ishikawa, Hino, JP;
Keita Suzuki, Kokubunji, JP;
Koichi Kawashima, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuya Yamamoto, Hidaka, JP;
Yoshio Onuki, Hino, JP;
Ryuta Sekine, Koganei, JP;
Anthony Nicholas Kalloo, Glenn Dale, MD (US);
Sergey Veniaminovich Kantsevoy, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a flexible guide tube which guides an endoscope or a therapeutic device into an abdominal cavity through the mouth and stomach to conduct an observation or a therapeutic treatment in the abdominal cavity. The guide tube includes an insertion section which has a distal end, a peripheral section, and a central axis, and which is capable of being inserted into a body through the mouth, and two expandable and shrinkable balloons arranged in the vicinity of the distal end at a predetermined distance from each other in the axial direction on the periphery of the insertion section. The predetermined distance is preferably set to 3 to 8 mm, and the length of the insertion section is preferably set to about 600 to 1000 mm.