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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2004
Isao Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Ohkoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Jin Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Adachi, Northport, NY (US);
Hiroaki Kubokawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Hidenobu Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Tamada, Tokyo, JP;
Tae Mitsuya, Sagamihara, JP;
Takashi Otawara, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Ohkoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Jin Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Adachi, Northport, NY (US);
Hiroaki Kubokawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Hidenobu Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Tamada, Tokyo, JP;
Tae Mitsuya, Sagamihara, JP;
Takashi Otawara, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An adapter for an endoscope of the present invention includes: a locking device for attaching and detaching that attaches and locks this adapter for an endoscope onto a predefined position on an endoscope control part; and a first treatment tool locking device that keeps a treatment tool at a first predefined position. Furthermore, at the first predefined position, a guidewire entry aperture of the treatment tool and an entry aperture of a forceps plug are separated in such a way as to face each other along substantially the same line.