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Treatment-tool driving device

US10085728B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 2017
Grant dateOct 2, 2018
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2025/015
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A treatment-tool driving device being attached to a treatment tool provided with at least one pair of tensile-force transmitting members and driving the treatment tool by tensile forces imparted to the tensile-force transmitting members, wherein the device includes: movable members being individually attached to one ends of the individual tensile-force transmitting members; a driving source generating a motive power with which the treatment tool is driven; a motive-power transmitting mechanism switching between coupling and decoupling between the driving source and the movable members, and transmitting, in a coupled state, the motive power from the driving source so as to selectively impart tensile forces to the two movable members attached to the paired tensile-force transmitting members; and a biasing portion biasing the two movable members in directions in which tensile forces are imparted to the tensile-force transmitting members in a state in which coupling by the motive-power transmitting mechanism is released.

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