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US 6,471,690 B1Granted
Connecting part in endoscopic treating instrument
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTeruo Ouchi
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Abstract
In a connecting part in an endoscopic treating instrument, there is provided, between a base end of a flexible sheath (10) and an operating member (34, 38), a reinforcing cover (40) into which an operation wire (20) is loosely inserted. The reinforcing cover (40) prevents a bending of the operation wire (20), and is detachable from the operation wire (20).
Claims7
A connecting part in an endoscopic treating instrument, comprising:
- an operation wire;
- a flexible sheath into which the operation wire is inserted axially movably, the flexible sheath being removable from the operation wire;
- an operating section having a main body to which a base end of the flexible sheath is detachably connected, and an operating member arranged movably with respect to the main body, a base end of the operation wire being detachably connected to the operating member;
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- a reinforcing cover into which the operation wire is loosely inserted and that prevents bending of the operation wire, the reinforcing cover being provided between the base end of the flexible sheath and the operating member and detachable from the operation wire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.