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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2014
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-ku, JP;
Masakatsu Kawaura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeki Ariura, Kanagawa, JP;
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A puncture apparatus is disclosed, which includes a freely rotatable puncture member possessing a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the puncture member including a bent region at which the puncture member is bent, the distal end portion of the puncture member including a puncture needle for puncturing living body tissue as the puncture member is rotated about a rotation center to rotate a needle tip of the puncture needle toward the living body tissue to puncture the living body tissue; and an elongated urethral-insertion member configured to be inserted into a urethra so that a near-side of the urethral-insertion member is the side of the urethral-insertion member located closer to the rotation center, and the far-side of the urethral-insertion member is the side of the urethral-insertion member located farther from the rotation center.