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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kimihiko Naito, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/00156 (2013.01); A61B 1/00158 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driving force transmitting unit includes a line portion extending along a driving axis in a channel, and a slider portion attached to a proximal portion of the line portion and movable relative to the line portion along the driving axis. The driving force transmitting unit includes an urging portion contracting in response to a movement of the slider portion relative to the line portion toward a distal direction and thereby applying an urging force toward the distal direction to the line portion.