Title:
INSERTION AID FOR MEDICAL DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2007/013211
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An endoscope insertion aid (7) as an insertion aid for a medical device has a flexible aid insertion section (31) for guiding an endoscope (2) as the medical device into a deep part in a conduit in a body cavity, a spiral structure section (33) provided on the outer periphery of the aid insertion section (31), and balloons (32) for retaining the shape of at least a part of the conduit in which the endoscope (2) is inserted and functioning as engagement sections for engaging the aid insertion section (31) to the conduit. When the medical device is inserted into a deep part in a conduit in a body cavity by the insertion aid, the shape of at least a part of the conduit into which the medical device is inserted is maintained, so that excessive deformation of the conduit is prevented and easiness of the insertion of the medical device into the deep part in the conduit is improved.
Inventors:
AOKI ISAO (JP)
TAKIZAWA HIRONOBU
TAKIZAWA HIRONOBU
Application Number:
PCT/JP2006/310050
Publication Date:
February 01, 2007
Filing Date:
May 19, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
AOKI ISAO (JP)
TAKIZAWA HIRONOBU
AOKI ISAO (JP)
TAKIZAWA HIRONOBU
International Classes:
A61B1/00; G02B23/24
Foreign References:
| JP2001009039A | 2001-01-16 | |||
| JPH10155733A | 1998-06-16 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITOH, Susumu (4-4 Nishishinjuku 7-chome, Shinjuku-k, Tokyo 23, JP)
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