Medical instrument

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9987091
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14241718

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A medical instrument includes a rod-shaped grasp portion at a base end thereof, a functional portion used in medical practice at a front end thereof, and a shape-memory portion including a rod-shaped shape-memory alloy provided between the grasp portion and the functional portion. The grasp portion includes a holding portion having a space in which one end of the shape-memory portion is inserted from the longitudinal direction. The instrument has a gap between an outer surface of the shape-memory portion and an inner surface of the holding portion, and in bending the shape-memory portion, the shape-memory portion is capable of deforming within the range of the gap. Then, by bending, the outer surface of the shape-memory portion comes into contact with an inner edge portion of an opening of the holding portion, and thereby restricts deformation of the shape-memory portion beyond the predetermined range.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
NAKAMURA SHOICHI1468 HIGASHIJO CHIKUHOKUMURA HIGASHICHIKUMA-GUN NAGANO 399-7502
ACP JAPAN CO LTD27-3 HONGO 2-CHOME BUNKYO-KU TOKYO 113-0033

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nakamura, Shoichi Nagano, JP 133 821

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