Invention Application
- Patent Title: MEDICAL OVERTUBE
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Application No.: US17842168Application Date: 2022-06-16
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Publication No.: US20220313071A1Publication Date: 2022-10-06
- Inventor: Tatsuya HIGUCHI
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61M25/00

Abstract:
A medical overtube to be inserted into a body cavity, the medical overtube including a flexible elongated part having a channel through which an elongated medical device is inserted, and a tubular distal end portion connected to a distal end of the elongated part. The distal end portion includes a first section having an end opening which forms an opening of the channel, and a second section located next to a base-end side of the first section, and the medical overtube satisfies the Conditional Expressions K1>K2 and K3>K2, where K1 is rigidity of the first section, K2 is rigidity of the second section, and K3 is rigidity of the elongated part.
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