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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Tomokazu Iwasaki, Hachioji, JP;
Eiichi Kobayashi, Tama, JP;
Inventors:
Tomokazu Iwasaki, Hachioji, JP;
Eiichi Kobayashi, Tama, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A guide tube having a tube; a ciliary portion including many cilia inclined in a longitudinal direction of the tube, provided in an outer peripheral portion of the tube; and a vibration portion provided on the tube for vibrating the ciliary portion so as to move the tube in the longitudinal direction.