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Patent No.:

US 9445710 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2013
Applicants:

Keio University, Tokyo, JP;

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Norihisa Miki, Yokohama, JP;

Yoshiyuki Okayama, Yokohama, JP;

Keijiro Nakahara, Yokohama, JP;

Kaori Yoshimura, Yokohama, JP;

Shinji Yasunaga, Higashimurayama, JP;

Assignees:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

KEIO UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 43/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); F04B 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00131 (2013.01); A61B 1/128 (2013.01); F04B 43/025 (2013.01); F04B 43/046 (2013.01); A61B 1/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pump unit which can be made to be small-sized, and which enables to achieve a sufficient flow and an endoscope apparatus using such pump are provided. The pump unit which transports a fluid in a channel upon generating a progressive wave which is propagated in a longitudinal direction of the channel, in a first flexible thin film which constitutes at least a part of a channel-wall surface, includes a vibration exciter unit.


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Miki, Norihisa. (2016). Pump unit and endoscope apparatus using the same (U.S. Patent No. 9445710). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9445710

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