Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080228034 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus comprises: an endoscope including an insertion section; a cylindrical insertion assisting tool that allows the insertion section to be inserted to assist insertion of the insertion section into a body cavity; and a ring-shaped seal member that is supported so as to slide on the insertion section with the insertion section inserted, wherein the seal member is detachably mounted on a base end of the insertion assisting tool to seal a gap between the insertion assisting tool and the insertion section. | 09-18-2008 |
20080257484 | METHOD OF WORKING END PORTION OF TUBE FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - It is an object of the invention to provide a method of working an end portion of a tube for a medical instrument capable of being worked easily in a short period of time and capable of providing a smooth end portion of an outer surface thereof. | 10-23-2008 |
20080281155 | INSERTION ASSISTING TOOL - An insertion assisting tool is provided and includes a multi-lumen tube which has a tip end surface, a base end surface and an outer peripheral surface and in which each of an insertion path for inserting the insertion portion of an endoscope therein and a fluid tube formed separately from the insertion path is formed so as to penetrate from the tip end surface to the base end surface. An opening is formed at the outer peripheral surface so as to communicate with the tube. The tube is closed on the tip end surface side than the opening. | 11-13-2008 |
20080294004 | INSERTION ASSISTING TOOL - An insertion assisting tool is provided and includes an insertion path in which the insertion portion of an endoscope is inserted and a tube for fluid which is formed along the axial direction at the tubular wall portion of the insertion path. The insertion path has a circular shape in its section orthogonal to the axial direction. The tube is configured in a manner that the sectional shape thereof along the axial direction is longer in the circumferential direction than the radial direction. | 11-27-2008 |
20090023996 | INSERTION ASSISTING DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An insertion assisting device | 01-22-2009 |
20120220829 | INSERTION ASSISTING DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An insertion assisting device | 08-30-2012 |
20120232347 | INSERTION ASSISTING TOOL FOR ENDOSCOPE - An insertion assisting tool for an endoscope into which an insertion section of the endoscope is inserted from a base end portion side. The insertion assisting tool may include a fluid sealing device which seals a space between a base end part of the insertion assisting tool and the endoscope insertion section, the space being formed while the insertion section of the endoscope is inserted into the base end portion side. | 09-13-2012 |
20150112138 | HOOD FOR ENDOSCOPE, ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD OF FIXING BALLOON FOR ENDOSCOPE - A hood for an endoscope has a tube shape and is fitted to an end of an insertion part of the endoscope. A base end of the hood is fitted to a forward end of a first balloon. The forward end of the first balloon is fixed to the insertion part. | 04-23-2015 |