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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Sunao Sato, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/02 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00131 (2013.01); A61B 1/00163 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/42 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/00 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Included are a cylindrical holding portion, a groove engageable with a balloon band removed from a balloon engagement groove provided in an outer periphery of an ultrasound transducer unit, a cut portion provided in the holding portion, the cut portion allowing the holding portion to radially expand in a radial direction, and an abutment portion provided on a second opening side relative to the groove on an inner peripheral face of the holding portion.