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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Masatoshi Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Kunihide Kaji, Hachioji, JP;
Masatoshi Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Kunihide Kaji, Hachioji, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The applicator related to the present invention is provided with a flexible sheath longer than the overall length of an instrument channel of a flexible endoscope; an operation part used outside the instrument channel; a deployed section that can be made to protrude from the front end of the sheath by operating the operation part and to pierce a tissue; a tissue fastening tool made of a superelastic wire formed in coil shape and housed inside the deployed section in a substantially extended condition; and a pusher that pushes out the tissue fastening tool from the deployed section when the operation part is operated.