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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Takumi Dejima, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Matsuno, Sagamihara, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A puncture needle includes: a needle part that has a first needle part and a second needle part that are hollow, adjacent, and have resiliency; and a sheath that retractably accommodates the needle part; in which a bend part that separates distal end sides of the first needle part and the second needle part to be further apart than proximal end sides thereof is provided in at least one of the first needle part and the second needle part.