TREATMENT INSTRUMENT

• US 20170128095A1
• Filed: 01/25/2017
• Published: 05/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: ONAGA, Takeshi, FUNAKOSHI, Yasuo
• Application Number:
  US15/415,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20170128095A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/2909 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/320092 with additional movable means for clamping or cutting tissue, e.g. with a pivoting jaw
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/085 Forceps, scissors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1445 at the distal end of a shaft, e.g. forceps or scissors at the end of a rigid rod
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0042 with special provisions for gripping
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00424 ergonomic, e.g. fitting in fist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00438 connectable to a finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/2929 with a head rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shaft
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320093 additional movable means performing cutting operation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320095 with sealing or cauterizing means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320097 with stapling means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00202 rotating
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00595 Cauterization
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00601 Cutting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00958 for switching between different working modes of the main function

Abstract

A treatment instrument includes a grip and a handle. The grip is provided in an operation unit. The grip includes a first surface and a second surface provided back to back. The handle provided in the operation unit on a distal end side of the grip. The handle moves to the distal end side and the proximal end side relative to the grip. At least one of the first surface and the second surface is provided with a protrusion.

Claims

1. A treatment instrument in which an operation of an end effector provided on a distal end side is operated by an operation unit provided on a proximal end side, the treatment instrument comprising:

a grip provided in the operation unit, including a first surface and a second surface provided back to back, and configured to be held between a palm and a thumb of a user when held by the user; and

a handle provided in the operation unit on a distal end side of the grip and configured to move on a reference surface to the distal end side and the proximal end side relative to the grip, the reference surface being an imaginary plane between the first surface and the second surface,

wherein at least one of the first surface and the second surface is provided with a protrusion having a surface which is brought into contact with the thumb and which receives a force with which the thumb pushes the grip to the proximal end side.

2. The treatment instrument according to claim 1, wherein

the operation unit further includes a drive assembly constituting part of a mechanism for transmitting the relative movement between the grip and the handle to the end effector, and a depressed portion between the grip and the drive assembly on a proximal end side of the operation unit, and

the protrusion is provided apart from the depressed portion.

3. The treatment instrument according to claim 2, wherein the drive assembly, the depressed portion, and the protrusion are arranged in an order of appearance in a direction perpendicular to a line connecting the distal end side and the proximal end side.

4. The treatment instrument according to claim 1, wherein

the operation unit further includes a drive assembly constituting part of a mechanism for transmitting the relative movement between the grip and the handle to the end effector,

the protrusion is provided apart from the drive assembly, and

the protrusion has a shape including a portion where a direction of a component of a normal to the protrusion projected on the reference surface is a direction of the drive assembly on the proximal end side and changes to a direction of the distal end side on the distal end side.

5. The treatment instrument according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion has a surface directed to the distal end side.

6. The treatment instrument according to claim 1, wherein a shape of the handle on the reference surface includes a shape having an opening interposed between the distal end side surface and the proximal end side surface.

7. A treatment instrument comprising:

a grip configured to be held between a palm and a thumb of a user when held by the user; and

a handle including an opening in which at least one of an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger and a little finger of the user is inserted when the handle is held by the user, and configured to move relative to the grip by bending and stretching of the finger inserted in the opening,

wherein the grip is provided with a protrusion having a surface which is brought into contact with the thumb from a tip and a first joint of the thumb and which receives a force with which the thumb pushes the grip in a direction opposite to a direction in which the handle moves by the stretching of the finger.