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Endoscopic puncture needle
Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1995-09-27
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Granted: 1997-02-11
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Expires: 2015-09-27
Abstract
Abstract An endoscopic puncture needle including a flexible outer sheath, a flexible inner sheath advanceably and retreatably inserted through the outer sheath, and a needle element formed at the distal end of the inner sheath, in which the inner sheath is made of a metallic pipe.
Inventors
- 👤 Masatoshi Tonomura
- 👤 Minoru Shinozuka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 09:59
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B10/00; A61B10/02; A61B10/04; A61B17/00; A61B17/34; A61B17/3417; A61B2010/045; A61B2017/00831; A61B2017/00867; A61B2017/348; A61B2017/3482; A61B2017/3484; A61B2017/3488
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
An endoscopic puncture needle insertable into a channel of an endoscope for aspirating and sampling a tissue in a body cavity, the endoscopic puncture needle insertable into and having a sufficient length to pass through the channel of the endoscope and comprising a flexible outer sheath, a flexible inner sheath advanceably and retreatably inserted through the outer sheath, formed by a metallic pipe and having a distal end, and a needle element formed at the distal end of the inner sheath in which the needle element is separate from the inner sheath and connected to the inner sheath.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
An endoscopic puncture needle insertable into a channel of an endoscope for aspirating and sampling a tissue in a body cavity, the endoscopic puncture needle insertable into and having a sufficient length to pass through the channel of the endoscope and comprising a flexible outer sheath, a flexible inner sheath advanceably and retreatably inserted through the outer sheath, formed by a metallic pipe and having a distal end, and a needle element formed at the distal end of the inner sheath in which the needle element is separate from the inner sheath and connected to the inner sheath.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The endoscopic puncture needle of claim 1, in which the metallic pipe has a wall thickness of 0.05 mm to 0.15 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The endoscopic puncture needle of claim 1, in which the needle element is formed by a flexible metallic tube having a wall thickness of 0.05 mm to 0.15 mm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The endoscopic puncture needle of claim 1, in which the metallic tube has a distal end and the needle element is formed by cutting the distal end of the metallic tube slantingly.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The endoscopic puncture needle of claim 1, in which the inner sheath is formed such that a stylet can be removably inserted into the inner sheath.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
The endoscopic puncture needle of claim 1, for use with an ultrasonic endoscope which forms an ultrasonic tomographic image of the field of view of ultrasonic observation, in which the puncture needle includes means for biasing said needle element toward the field of view of ultrasonic observation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
72 words
An endoscopic puncture needle comprising a flexible outer sheath, a flexible inner sheath advanceably and retreatably inserted through the outer sheath, formed by a metallic pipe and having a distal end, and a needle element formed at the distal end of the inner sheath in which said needle element is separate from the inner sheath and connected to said inner sheath, and wherein said needle element is made of a superelastic alloy.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
72 words
An endoscopic puncture needle comprising a flexible outer sheath, a flexible inner sheath advanceably and retreatably inserted through the outer sheath, formed by a metallic pipe and having a distal end, and a needle element formed at the distal end of the inner sheath in which said needle element is separate from the inner sheath and connected to said inner sheath, and wherein said needle element is made of a superelastic alloy.
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