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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
The Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Takumi Dejima, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Nobuyuki Torisawa, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Masayuki Iwasaka, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Paul Curcillo, Philadelphia, PA (US);
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
THE INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
An endoscope and an illuminator are safely placed in a body cavity without generating a noticeable postoperative scar. A method of placing medical insertion instruments into a body cavity includes a first step of inserting, into the body cavity through a first opening formed on a body wall, an endoscope together with a first illuminator; and a second step of inserting, into the body cavity through a second opening formed at a position different from the first opening, a second illuminator. Preferably, the method further includes a third step of pulling out the first illuminator from the first opening and inserting the first illuminator into the body cavity through a third opening formed at a position different from the first and second openings.