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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Hiroshi Niwa, Koganei, JP;
Chieko Aizawa, Hachioji, JP;
Fumiyuki Onoda, Tama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inserting shape detecting probe has a long and slender core wire, a plurality of shape detecting devices, signal lines, and an outer sheath. The plurality of shape detecting devices extended from the signal lines are fixed to the core wire at a predetermined interval. The core wire is inserted in the outer sheath. The inserting shape detecting probe has a thermal radiating member which is arranged along the outer circumference of at least one of the shape detecting devices.