Surgery – Endoscope – With non-optical distal tip attachment
Patent
1996-09-12
1998-03-10
Flanagan, Beverly M.
Surgery
Endoscope
With non-optical distal tip attachment
600121, 600125, 600129, 600156, 600157, A61B 0104
Patent
active
057254770
ABSTRACT:
A cap assembly of a front end of an inserting portion of an endoscope and a cap to be attached to the front end of the endoscope, comprising; a first engaging portion provided on the front end of the inserting portion of the endoscope; and, a second engaging portion provided on the cap being disengageably engaged with the first engaging portion of the endoscope. The front end of the inserting portion of the endoscope is provided with a projection whose diameter being smaller than a diameter of the front end, the projection being connected to the front end through a stepped portion.
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Ito Keiji
Iwata Hiroshi
Katsurada Hiroyuki
Ogino Takayuki
Yasui Naoki
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Flanagan Beverly M.
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