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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Yasuhito Kura, Hachioji, JP;
Yasuhito Kura, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope system includes an overtube () and an endoscope (), where the overtube () is equipped with a shape-holding section () capable of shape-holding and relaxing, a balloon () provided at the distal end of the shape-holding section () to fix the overtube () to a body cavity, and an endoscope passage hole () serving as a conduit through which the endoscope () is passed and the endoscope () is equipped with a shape-holding section () capable of shape-holding and relaxing and a balloon () provided at the distal end of the shape-holding section () to fix the endoscope () to the body cavity. When one of the endoscope () and overtube () is inserted, the shape-holding section of the other shape-holds, and the body cavity is pulled with the balloon () inflated, making it possible to reduce insertion length.