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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2009
Applicant:
Yuta Okada, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Yuta Okada, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2905 (2013.01); A61B 2019/266 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2901 (2013.01); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 19/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a surgical section that performs a predetermined procedure on a target organ in a body cavity, and an insertion section that includes an active movable section and a switchable tube section, the active movable section being provided with the surgical section at a top end of the active movable section, and the switchable tube section being selectively switchable between a pliable state and a rigid state.