Manipulation rope

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10683609
APP PUB NO 20180105981A1
SERIAL NO

15570930

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A manipulation rope having an excellent torque transmittability is provided. A manipulation rope is a rope that is advantageously used as a manipulation rope for a medical instrument, and includes a side wire or a side strand which is an outermost layer, the side wire or the side strand having a forming rate that is greater than 100% and not greater than 110%. The side wire or the side strand having been formed has a spiral shape in which a flatness that is an aspect ratio obtained by a major axis being divided by a minor axis is preferably not less than 1.01 and preferably not greater than 1.10. Further, an elongation of the rope at a time when a tensile load that is 1.0% of a breaking load is applied, is preferably not less than 0.04% and preferably not greater than 0.10%.

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TOKUSEN KOGYO CO LTD1081 MINAMIYAMA SUMIYOSHI-CHO ONO-SHI HYOGO 675-1361

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Matsumoto, Keiji Ono, JP 169 1180

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