Medical guide wire
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1. A medical guide wire which comprises a guide wire body to be passed through a channel of an endoscope, the guide wire body serving to guide an appliance to be inserted into the human body in an insertion operation, the medical guide wire comprising:
- a fixing portion formed of a substantially wire-shaped retainer having one end coupled to the distal end portion side of said guide wire body and the other end extending to the proximal end portion side of said guide wire body and used to fix the position of said medical guide wire by means of said retainer lest the position of said medical guide wire relative to said endoscope change.
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Abstract
A fixing portion is provided so that the position of a guide wire relative to an endoscope is fixed lest it change by means of a retaining wire that has one end coupled to the distal end portion side of a guide wire body and the other end extending to the proximal end portion side of the guide wire body.
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1. A medical guide wire which comprises a guide wire body to be passed through a channel of an endoscope, the guide wire body serving to guide an appliance to be inserted into the human body in an insertion operation, the medical guide wire comprising:
a fixing portion formed of a substantially wire-shaped retainer having one end coupled to the distal end portion side of said guide wire body and the other end extending to the proximal end portion side of said guide wire body and used to fix the position of said medical guide wire by means of said retainer lest the position of said medical guide wire relative to said endoscope change. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A medical guide wire which comprises a guide wire body to be passed through a channel of an endoscope, the guide wire body serving to guide an appliance to be inserted into the human body in an insertion operation, the medical guide wire comprising:
a retaining wire located parallel to said guide wire body, one end of the retaining wire being connected to the distal end of said guide wire body or a portion near the distal end and the other end extending close to the hand-side end of said guide wire body. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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15. An endoscope using a medical guide wire, comprising:
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an endoscope body having an appliance passage channel;
a guide wire body to be passed through said channel, the guide wire body serving to guide an appliance to be inserted into the human body in an insertion operation; and
a retaining wire located parallel to said guide wire body, one end of the retaining wire being connected to the distal end of said guide wire body or a portion near the distal end and the other end extending close to the hand-side end of said guide wire body, said endoscope body having a wire fixing portion for holding the proximal end portion of said retaining wire.
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17. A medical guide wire comprising a guide wire body to be passed through a channel of an endoscope, the guide wire body serving to guide an appliance to be inserted into the human body in an insertion operation,
said guide wire body having an aiding portion for releasably fixing the guide wire body to an insert section of said endoscope.
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Current AssigneeOlympus Corporation
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Original AssigneeOlympus Optical Company Ltd. (Olympus Corporation)
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InventorsOnuki, Yoshio, Kimura, Koh
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Application NumberUS10/059,681Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current600/585CPC Class CodesA61B 1/00098 Deflecting means for insert...A61B 1/018 for receiving instrumentsA61M 25/01 Introducing, guiding, advan...A61M 25/09 Guide wires
