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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Applicant:
Masahiko Kadokura, Sagamihara, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiko Kadokura, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique for reducing the looseness of a wire and reducing the positional error of an ultrasonic transducer is disclosed. According to the technique, inside a tip portionof an insertion portion, middle pulleysare placed between pulleys. The middle pulleyis attached to a slider portion, and the slider portion (and the middle pulley 11) is supported slidably in the direction orthogonal to the rotation direction of the pulleyalong a slider guide portionformed at the tip portion, and the position of a sliding direction is supported so as to be able to be fixed at the tip portion by a screw