Endoscopic device

US9433430B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OLYMPUS CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Noriko KURODA · Machida, JP
• Kunihide Kaji · Tokyo, JP
• Takuo Yokota · Hino, JP
• Nobuko MATSUO · Hachioji, JP
• Takayasu Mikkaichi · Tokyo, JP
• Hiroko Sakamoto · Saitama, JP
• Masatoshi Sato · Miyoshi, JP
• Ryuhei Shimada · Hachioji, JP
• Satoko SUZUKI · Shinjuku, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

An endoscopic device includes a longitudinal member, a pair of jaws installed at a distal end of the longitudinal member and configured to be freely opened and closed, a first grasping member supported by a first jaw of the pair of jaws, a second grasping member supported by a second jaw of the pair of jaws, the second body having a wire shape, flexibility, and being curved in a loop shape, a long operating transmission member having a distal end portion connected to the pair of jaws and installed to advance and retreat along a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal member, and an open-close operating portion installed at a proximal end portion of the operating transmission member and configured to be manipulated to open and close the pair of jaws.