Treatment accessory for an endoscope
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTeruo Ouchi
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Abstract
An injector instrument and a forceps tap for use with an endoscope. The injector instrument is provided with at least one needle formed of a synthetic resin and is further provided with a variety of stopper devices which limit the amount that the needle can extend from the endoscope. The injector instrument may be formed having a curved or easy-to-bend portion. The forceps tap is provided at the entrance to a forceps channel of the endoscope to accommodate at lease two injector instruments or other treatment accessories such that the treatment accessories can be inserted in a single forceps channel and such that substances (such as internal fluids from a human cavity) are held inside the forceps channel.
Claims21
An injector instrument for insertion into a forceps channel of an endoscope, said injector instrument comprising:
- a flexible fluid supply tube;
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- a needle portion formed at a distal end of said fluid supply tube, said needle portion being formed from a material having a hardness within a range of Rockwell hardnesses of R50 to R129.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.