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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2009
Hitoshi Karasawa, Hachioji, JP;
Sho Nakajima, Hachioji, JP;
Daisuke Asada, Hachioji, JP;
Keiji Handa, Hachioji, JP;
Hitoshi Karasawa, Hachioji, JP;
Sho Nakajima, Hachioji, JP;
Daisuke Asada, Hachioji, JP;
Keiji Handa, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical device includes: a medical instrument introduced into a body cavity and having a contact portion that is fixed in contact with a wall within a body, and a wire; an extracorporeal device installed on a body surface and having a hole portion through which the wire can be inserted and removed, fixing mechanisms for fixing the wire inserted through the hole portion, and a housing that is fixed in contact with the body surface; and a pressure adjusting portion provided in one of the medical instrument and the extracorporeal device for maintaining a predetermined tensile force or more that is applied to the wire when the wire is fixed by the fixing mechanism with a body wall being sandwiched between the contact portion and the housing.