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US 2006/0190016 A1Published application
Endoscopic suture apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsYoshio Onuki, Hitoshi Mizuno, Hideki Shimonaka
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Abstract
A holding member has an opening portion which opens to an distal end. The opening portion, the distal end of an endoscope and a holding member define a treatment space. A clamping member can project and retreat from and into the opening portion through the treatment space. The puncture member can move in the treatment space, in a direction that intersects with the longitudinal direction of the endoscope.
Claims7
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An endoscopic suture apparatus comprising:
- a holding member having a connecting portion provided on a proximal end side thereof for connecting the holding member to a distal end portion of an insertion section of an endoscope, the holding member and the distal end portion of the insertion section defining a treatment space, and the holding member having an opening portion provided on a distal end side thereof, through which a living tissue is retreated into the treatment space while the living tissue is urged by the opening portion;
- a puncture member provided for the holding member to be relatively movable with respect to the holding member and to puncture the living tissue retreated into the treatment space;
- a driving member configured to move the puncture member, the driving member being connected to the puncture member on a distal end side and to a puncture control member on a proximal end side;
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- a suture member configured to puncture the living tissue according to puncture of the puncture member, the suture member suturing the living tissue and kept in a living body.
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An endoscopic suture apparatus comprising:
- a holding member having a connecting portion provided on a proximal end side thereof for connecting the holding member to a distal end portion of an insertion section of an endoscope, the holding member and the distal end portion of the insertion section defining a treatment space, and the holding member having an opening portion provided on a distal end side thereof, through which a living tissue is retreated into the treatment space;
- a puncture member provided for the holding member to be relatively movable with respect to the holding member and to puncture the living tissue retreated into the treatment space;
- a driving member configured to move the puncture member, the driving member being connected to the puncture member on a distal end side and to a puncture control member on a proximal end side;
- a pressing member provided for the holding member near the opening portion and to press the living tissue at least when the puncture member punctures the leaving tissue;
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- a suture member configured to puncture the living tissue according to puncture of the puncture member, the suture member suturing the living tissue and kept in a living body.
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A method for suturing a living tissue comprising:
- introducing a holding member connected to a distal end of an endoscope on a proximal end side, into a living body;
- retreating a living tissue into holding member from an opening portion formed in a distal end portion of the holding member, in a state where the living tissue is urged so that opposite sides of living tissue are approached to each other, the living tissue then being kept in the holding member;
- puncturing the living tissue to one side of the opposing sides from the other side thereof with a suturing member, so that the living tissue is sutured by the suturing member punctured through the living tissue;
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- removing the holding member from the living body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.