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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2006
Takumi Dejima, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Yamatani, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Matsuno, Sagamihara, JP;
Saori Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kogasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Dejima, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Yamatani, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Matsuno, Sagamihara, JP;
Saori Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kogasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An overtube including an insertion portion having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, at least the distal end portion being inserted into an examination subject; a first lumen formed in the insertion portion and in which a device for carrying out medical procedures in the examination subject is freely inserted and removed; a tissue cutting portion that is to be disposed at the distal end portion of the insertion portion traversing the first lumen and that cuts the tissue of the examination subject; and a holding portion that holds the tissue cutting portion at a position removed from a position traversing the first lumen.