Multi-bendable medical device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8740775
APP PUB NO 20120071864A1
SERIAL NO

13222730

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A medical device for multiple bends, includes a distal-side traction member which is inserted through the distal-side bending portion and the proximal-side bending portion, which is configured to bend the distal-side bending portion in the bending orientation, and which includes a distal-side fixing portion fixed to the distal end of the distal-side bending portion in the axial direction, and a proximal-side traction member which is inserted through the proximal-side bending portion, which is configured to bend the proximal-side bending portion in the bending orientation, and which includes a proximal-side fixing portion fixed to the distal end of the proximal-side bending portion in the axial direction. The proximal-side fixing portion is disposed at substantially the same position as the distal-side fixing portion in a circumferential direction.

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  • OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Banju, Kazuo Hachioji, JP 49 6366
Naito, Kimihiko Kawasaki, JP 30 1130

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