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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
May. 19, 2005
Pankaj Jay Pasricha, Houston, TX (US);
Yuji Sakamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Miyamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshio Onuki, Hachioji, JP;
Norio Onishi, Fussa, JP;
Pankaj Jay Pasricha, Houston, TX (US);
Yuji Sakamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Miyamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshio Onuki, Hachioji, JP;
Norio Onishi, Fussa, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A treatment device for endoscopic therapy of the present invention includes a suturing-ligating member having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, that carries out at least one of suturing and ligation of biological tissue, a stopper provided to be movable forward or backward on an proximal end side of the suturing or ligating member, and stoppable by friction on the suturing-ligating member to maintain the biological tissue in a sutured or ligated state by the suturing-ligating member, and a suturing-ligation releasing member provided movable with relative to the suturing-ligating member to release the suturing-ligation state maintained by firctional stopping between the suturing-ligating member and the stopper by moving the releasing member to the proximal end portion side of the suturing-ligating member.