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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2010
Tatsuya Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Megumi Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunari Kagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Megumi Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunari Kagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscopic instrument according to the present invention includes: a wire disposed in a flexible sheath and capable of freely projecting relative to the flexible sheath, the distal end of the wire expanding in radius to form a loop section or a basket section upon being projected from the sheath; and a fixture cylinder for fixing the inserted proximal end of the wire, wherein the fixture cylinder is provided with a wire-radius-increasing-direction-regulating section for regulating the direction in which the radius of the wire increases; and a wire-fixing section, disposed in the vicinity of the proximal end relative to the wire-radius-increasing-direction-regulating section, for fixing the wire.