Surgery – Endoscope – With tool carried on endoscope or auxillary channel therefore
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-05
2011-04-05
Dvorak, Linda C (Department: 3779)
Surgery
Endoscope
With tool carried on endoscope or auxillary channel therefore
C600S106000, C600S128000, C600S137000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07918785
ABSTRACT:
A biopsy forceps as one of treatment instruments for endoscope includes: a tubular coil sheath introduced into a body cavity through a treatment instrument channel included in an endoscope insertion portion; a treatment portion disposed closer to a distal end side than a distal end surface of the coil sheath; an operation wire for transmitting a turning force to turn the treatment portion in a circumferential direction, the operation wire being inserted in the coil sheath in a forwardly/backwardly movable manner and turned in the circumferential direction; and a turn restricting mechanism portion for restricting a turn position of the treatment portion turned by the turning force transmitted by the operation wire with respect to the coil sheath at a first turn-restricting position or at a second turn-restricting position.
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Honda Kazuki
Ichikawa Hiroaki
Komiya Takaaki
Kura Yasuhito
Murakami Kazushi
Dvorak Linda C
Nia Alireza
Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
Scully , Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
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