TISSUE CAPTURING DEVICE, TREATMENT TOOL FOR ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE

• US 20080082021A1
• Filed: 11/13/2007
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: ONISHI, Norio, YAMAMOTO, Tetsuya, MIKKAICHI, Takayasu, ONUKI, Yoshio, ICHIKAWA, Hiroaki
• Application Number:
  US11/938,818
• Publication Number:
  US 20080082021A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/563
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/015 Control of fluid supply or evacuation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/0096 Casings for storing test samples A61B10/0038 and A61B10/0045 take precedence; preservation of living parts of the human or animal body A01N1/02; containers for retaining a material to be analysed B01L3/50; containers for enzymology or microbiology C12M1/16; swab-sampler being part of enzymology or microbiology container C12M1/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/04 Endoscopic instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/06 Biopsy forceps , e.g. with cup-shaped jaws
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2010/0225 for taking multiple samples
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/3616 Magnifying glass
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2217/005 with suction drainage system
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/79 Filters for solid matter specially adapted for dental use A61C17/065
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/585 having magnification means, e.g. magnifying glasses

Abstract

A tissue capturing device is formed by a substantially circular cylinder-shaped container, a filter member, and a lens member. The filter member is provided with a substantially circular plate-shaped partitioning portion, and a circular column portion that is formed substantially in the shape of a circular column and that is provided coaxially with a top surface of the partitioning portion. Recessed portions that have a sufficient size to enable them to capture biological tissue are formed in a circumferential wall portion of the circular column portion. Tissue capturing surfaces are formed in bottom surfaces of the recessed portions. A plurality of micro through holes that penetrate as far as a bottom surface of the partitioning portion are formed in the tissue capturing surfaces of the recessed portions. A lens member is also mounted on the container. The mounting position of the lens member is a position that faces the tissue capturing surfaces.

Claims

1. A tissue capturing device comprising:

a container that has an intake aperture that is connected to a fluid intake tube that transports biological tissue that has been collected by a treatment portion of a treatment tool for an endoscope and has been mixed with a liquid, and an outlet aperture that is connected to a fluid outlet tube that discharges the fluid that has been separated from the biological tissue;

a filter member that forms a screen between the intake aperture and the outlet aperture inside the container, and in which tissue capturing surfaces that are able to capture the biological tissue are formed on the intake aperture side, and in which a plurality of micro through holes that are in communication with the outlet aperture side and through which only the liquid is able to pass are formed in the tissue capturing surfaces; and

a lens member that is provided at a position inside the container where makes it possible to observe an enlargement of the tissue capturing surfaces.

2. The tissue capturing device according to claim 1, wherein

the container is a substantially circular cylinder-shaped member that has the intake aperture in a top portion thereof and has the outlet aperture in a bottom portion thereof, and the filter member is a substantially circular member that corresponds to the shape of the container, and a plurality of capture spaces are formed by a plurality of partition walls that are provided on the intake aperture side inside the container extending radially outwards from a center axis of the filter member, and one of the tissue capturing surfaces is formed in each one of the capture spaces, and the intake aperture is able to correspond selectively to any one of the capture spaces.

3. The tissue capturing device according to claim 2, wherein

a plurality of the lens members are provided so as to correspond to a plurality of provided tissue capturing surfaces.

4. The tissue capturing device according to claim 1, wherein

the container is provided with a case in which a removal aperture for removing the filter member is provided, and

a lid that can be removably fitted onto the removal aperture.

5. The tissue capturing device according to claim 4, wherein

a pair of engaging portions that are able to be engaged with each other are provided in the lid and the filter member, and in a state in which the pair of engaging portions are engaged with each other, the lid and the filter member are able to be removed from the case of the container.

6. The tissue capturing device according to claim 1, wherein

the lens member is provided at a position facing the tissue capturing surfaces.

7. The tissue capturing device according to claim 1, wherein

a bowl-shaped recessed portion that is large enough to capture the biological tissue is formed on the intake aperture side of the filter member, and the tissue capturing surface is provided in a bottom surface of the recessed portion.

8. The tissue capturing device according to claim 1, wherein

there is provided an illumination member that illuminates the tissue capturing surface.

9. A treatment tool for an endoscope comprising:

the tissue capturing device according to claim 1;

the fluid intake tube that has a first distal end portion that is able to suction a target position inside a patient, and a first base end portion that is able to be connected to the intake aperture of the tissue capturing device; and

the fluid outlet tube that has a second distal end portion that is able to be connected to the outlet aperture of the tissue capturing device, and a second base end portion that is connected to a suction source.

10. An endoscope comprising:

the tissue capturing device according to claim 1;

the fluid intake tube that has a first distal end portion that is able to suction a target position inside a patient, and a first base end portion that is able to be connected to the intake aperture of the tissue capturing device; and

the fluid outlet tube that has a second distal end portion that is able to be connected to the outlet aperture of the tissue capturing device, and a second base end portion that is connected to a suction source.