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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Takashi Ootawara, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Kitatsuru-gun, JP;
Hiroaki Kubokawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Hidenobu Kimura, Hachioji, JP;
Osamu Tamada, Hachioji, JP;
Mamoru Nakada, Hachioji, JP;
Masayuki Iwasaka, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Ootawara, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Kitatsuru-gun, JP;
Hiroaki Kubokawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Hidenobu Kimura, Hachioji, JP;
Osamu Tamada, Hachioji, JP;
Mamoru Nakada, Hachioji, JP;
Masayuki Iwasaka, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Guide wire fixing means is provided for an insertion portion of an endoscope, and a guide wire is releasably engaged when inserting/removing a therapeutic instrument running on the guide wire with a distal end portion of the guide wire inserted into a therapeutic instrument insertion channel of the endoscope being led out from a distal end opening portion of the channel.