Medical assistance device
AssigneeTerumo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsuteru Yasunaga, Kohtaroh Kusu, Atsushi Nomura, Yusuke Sekine
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Abstract
A medical assistance device capable of improving handling or an operation of a medical device. The medical assistance device is connected to the medical device which is inserted into a biological lumen and is used in a procedure in the biological lumen. The medical assistance device includes a support, a winding unit which is rotatably provided about a support shaft with respect to the support and winds the medical device, and a connection section which is provided in the winding unit and is connected to an end portion of the medical device.
Claims20
A medical assistance device configured to be connected to a medical device, the medical device being configured to be insertable into a biological lumen and used in a procedure in the biological lumen, the medical assistance device comprising:
- a support;
- a winding unit which is rotatably provided about a support shaft with respect to the support and winds the medical device;
- a connection section which is provided in the winding unit, the connection section including one end portion configured to be disposed outside of the support through an opening in the support and connected to a proximal portion of the medical device and another end portion connected to an outer peripheral portion of the winding unit, the connection section configured to rotate along with the winding unit along the outer peripheral portion of the winding unit;
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- a biasing unit which is connected to the support and the winding unit and is constructed to bias the winding unit in a direction in which the medical device is wound.
A medical assistance device configured to be connected to two or more medical devices, the two or more medical devices configured to be insertable into a biological lumen and used in a procedure in the biological lumen, the medical assistance device comprising:
- a support;
- two or more winding units, each of the two or more winding units rotatably provided about a support shaft with respect to the support and configured to independently wind one of the two or more medical devices;
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- each of the two or more winding units includes a connection section which is provided in a winding unit of the two or more winding units and is connected to one end portion of the medical device, the connection section configured to rotate along with the winding unit along an outer peripheral portion of the winding unit, and a biasing unit which is connected to the support and the winding unit and is constructed to bias the winding unit in a direction in which the medical device is wound.
A medical system, the medical system comprising:
- one or more medical devices, the one or more medical devices configured to be insertable into a biological lumen and used in a procedure in the biological lumen;
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- a medical assistance device, the medical assistance device including a support, a winding unit which is rotatably provided about a support shaft with respect to the support and winds the one or more medical devices, a connection section which is provided in the winding unit, the connection section including one end portion configured to be disposed outside of the support through an opening in the support and connected to a proximal portion of the medical device and another end portion connected to an outer peripheral portion of the winding unit, the connection section configured to rotate along with the winding unit along the outer peripheral portion of the winding unit, and a biasing unit which is connected to the support and the winding unit and is constructed to bias the winding unit in a direction in which the medical device is wound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.