Clipping device
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsKiyotaka Matsuno, Koh Kimura
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Abstract
The present invention provides a clipping device having a coil sheath inserted into an insertion tube in a back/forth movable way to allow it to be inserted into a body cavity, an operation wire inserted into the coil sheath in a back/forth movable way, and a clip directly connected to a distal end of the operation wire to allow it to clip a living tissue.
Claims16
A clipping device comprising:
- a sheath member to be inserted into a body cavity of a subject;
- an operation wire inserted into the sheath member in a back/forth movable way;
- a coupling member directly connected to a distal end of the operation wire;
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- a clip for use in clipping a living tissue, the clip being detachably coupled to the coupling member and adapted to be closed by a pulling operation of the operation wire, in which the clip is separated in a closed state from the coupling member.
A clipping device comprising a clip fixable onto a living tissue, an insertion member for allowing the clip to be inserted into the living body cavity, and an operation device capable of performing an operation of fixing the clip onto the living body cavity, in which, when the clipping device is packaged, at least one clip is mounted on the insertion member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.