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AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsTakashi Ootawara, Akira Suzuki, Hiroaki Kubokawa, Hidenobu Kimura, Osamu Tamada, Mamoru Nakada, Masayuki Iwasaka
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A method of performing treatment on a desired part of a cavity includes use of an endoscope having a guide wire, a therapeutic instrument and a therapeutic instrument elevator base capable of guiding the instrument to a desired position. The guide wire is inserted into an insertion channel of the endoscope and located in a desired position in the cavity. The instrument is moved from a position in the cavity to a position closer to the operation portion of the endoscope than to the distal end of the endoscope. While a guide wire fixing means at the distal end of the endoscope fixes the guide wire, the instrument is completely pulled out from the instrument channel of the endoscope.
A method for performing treatment on a desired part of a cavity of a living body by using a therapeutic instrument of an endoscope, which includes a guide wire insertion lumen, after inserting the therapeutic instrument into the cavity of the living body through a therapeutic instrument insertion channel of the endoscope, the endoscope comprising a guide wire, the therapeutic instrument, and a therapeutic instrument elevator base capable of guiding the therapeutic instrument to a desired position, the method comprising:
A method for performing treatment on a desired part of a cavity of a living body by using a therapeutic instrument of an endoscope, which includes a guide wire insertion lumen, after inserting the therapeutic instrument into the cavity of the living body through a therapeutic instrument insertion channel of the endoscope, the endoscope comprising a guide wire, the therapeutic instrument, and a therapeutic instrument elevator base capable of guiding the therapeutic instrument to a desired position, the method comprising:
A method for performing treatment on a desired part of a cavity of a living body by using a therapeutic instrument of an endoscope, which includes a guide wire insertion lumen, after inserting the therapeutic instrument into the cavity of the living body through a therapeutic instrument insertion channel of the endoscope, the endoscope comprising a guide wire, the therapeutic instrument, and a therapeutic instrument elevator base capable of guiding the therapeutic instrument to a desired position, the method comprising:
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