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US 12,605,048 B2Granted
Sterilized medical device with tearable cover
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsNobuyuki Nakanishi, Keita Ozawa, Hiroaki Osawa, Masahiro Ashizuka
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Abstract
A medical device includes: a first sterilized insertion device including an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject, and a cover surrounding a distal end portion of the insertion portion. The cover is configured to be teared by receiving external force so as to make an opening in the cover for exposing the distal end portion.
Claims16
A medical device, comprising:
- a first sterilized insertion device including an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject;
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- a cover surrounding a distal end portion of the insertion portion, the cover including a cover distal end portion separated in a radial direction from a distal end portion of the insertion portion,
- wherein the cover distal end portion includes a bottom portion and an opening portion,
- wherein the bottom portion is located to be contacted by the distal end portion of the insertion portion in an extended state of the insertion portion and to receive a force applied by the distal end portion of the insertion portion to the bottom portion, and
- wherein the opening portion is configured to be torn by the force applied by the distal end portion of the insertion portion to the bottom portion so as to make an opening in the cover for exposing the distal end portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.