Medical procedure via natural orifice and puncture device
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsTakayasu Mikkaichi, Takahiro Kogasaka, Kensei Nakahashi
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Abstract
A medical procedure performed via a natural orifice comprises: inserting a puncture device from an abdominal wall side into the vicinity of a target site in a hollow organ, and protruding the distal end thereof inside the hollow organ; introducing an observation device into the hollow organ via a natural orifice of a living body, and setting a target site at the hollow organ by checking the puncture device as an indicator; and treating the target site confirmed by the observation device by using an treatment device inserted via a natural orifice.
Claims14
A medical procedure performed via a natural orifice comprising:
- inserting a puncture device from an abdominal wall side into the vicinity of a target site in a hollow organ, and protruding the distal end thereof inside the hollow organ;
- introducing an observation device into the hollow organ via a natural orifice of a living body, and setting a target site at the hollow organ by checking the puncture device as an indicator;
- and
- treating the target site confirmed by the observation device by using an treatment device inserted via a natural orifice.
A puncture device comprising:
- a needle configured to be inserted from an abdominal wall into a hollow organ;
- a first balloon attached to the needle and inflatable by supply of a fluid;
- a second balloon attached to a site closer to the distal end side of the needle than a site to which the first balloon is attached and inflatable by supply of the fluid;
- and
- a duct which supplies the fluid respectively to the first balloon and the second balloon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.