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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12009 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0618 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tissue ligating device for ligating a tissue includes a suture having an elastic restoring force, and a hook-shaped member including a groove portion, connected to a first end of the suture, and disposed in a direction along a derivation direction of the suture and in a direction opposite to the derivation direction of the suture with respect to the first end of the suture.