Patents Examined by Melanei Tyson
  • Patent number: 7331971
    Abstract: A living-body tissue removing apparatus according to the present invention includes a grip portion, an inserting portion which is connected to the grip portion and is inserted in the body, an endoscope inserting channel which is arranged in the inserting portion and in which an endoscope is inserted, and a wiper member which is arranged in the inserting portion and is slid on a surface of a window portion of a front end portion of the endoscope when the wiper member is inserted in the endoscope inserting channel, wherein the inserting portion comprises a hole portion arranged at the position in the sliding direction of the wiper member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kasahara, Takahiro Kogasaka