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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Robert E. Ailinger, Norwood, MA (US);
James J. Frassica, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Richard M. Andrews, Lincoln, RI (US);
Hiroaki Miyoshi, Fuchu, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); B29C 65/14 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/0016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61M 25/01 (2013.01); B29C 65/1403 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7546 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spiral unit includes a base tube extended along a longitudinal axis and made of a first thermoplastic resin, and a fin disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the base tube along a fin axis spirally extended around the longitudinal axis and made of a second thermoplastic resin. The fin includes a strip portion provided in a state of being bonded to the outer peripheral surface of the base tube and spirally extended along the fin axis. The second resin being mixed with a magnetic material in the strip portion.