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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kimihiko Naito, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00071 (2013.01);
Abstract
The biological introduction apparatus includes a drive force generation and input mechanism, a drive force transmission mechanism, a helical rotation member, a holding member and a positioning mechanism. The positioning mechanism positions a proximal end portion of a main body portion which is arranged in the helical rotation member to an intermediate portion arranged between a distal end portion of an insertion unit and a proximal end portion of the insertion unit.