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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Yanuma, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Okoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Yanuma, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Okoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The instrument for an endoscope is an instrument for an endoscope is able to move reciprocally in the channel of the endoscope along a guide wire, and includes: a sheath portion having a guide lumen into which the guide wire is inserted and another lumen disposed along the guide lumen. The proximal end of the sheath portion is bifurcated into the first sheath portion having the guide lumen and the second sheath portion having the other lumen.