Abstract:
A treatment device includes a pipeline having electrical insulation, the pipeline having an internal space through which inert gas passes; a distal-end tip attached to a distal end of the pipeline, the distal-end tip having an opening formed to communicate with the internal space such that the inert gas is disposable from the opening; and an electrode provided in the distal-end tip and configured to be energizable with a high-frequency current. The pipeline includes a proximal-end bending portion with a bending habit, and a distal-end flexible portion without a bending habit that is disposed distal to the proximal-end bending portion.
Abstract:
A surgical instrument includes an insertion section, a first jaw and a second jaw provided at a distal end portion of the insertion section, having predetermined curved shapes and configured to grasp tissue; a guide section formed along the predetermined curved shape and disposed in at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw; an actuation section which is movable by being guided by the guide section; a shaft body provided at the actuation section and configured to be rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to a center line of the shaft body; and a blade section connected to the shaft body at a position apart from the rotation axis in a direction across to the shaft body and configured to be directed to the shaft body, the blade section being rotatable about the rotation axis.
Abstract:
In a disclosed method for inserting an endoscopic device, in a state in which a guide wire is inserted through an opening of a hollow organ of a subject, the guide wire is indwelt in the hollow organ. Next, a flexible endoscope is made to approach the opening of the hollow organ. Next, inside of the body of the subject, an endoscopic device that projects from the tip of a channel of the endoscope slidably engages with the guide wire. Next, the endoscopic device is inserted into the hollow organ through the opening, along the guide wire. The guide wire that is indwelt once is subsequently used as a guide for second and subsequent insertions of endoscopic devices.
Abstract:
In an endoscopic treatment method, a damaged area is formed in a digestive tract at least a portion in a circumferential direction of the digestive tract, the damaged area being formed by ablating mucosal layer while remaining the mucosal layer, and an incomplete stenosis is formed in the digestive tract, during performance of a process of restoration of the damaged area.
Abstract:
An endoscopic treatment method includes: inserting an endoscope into a digestive tract; forming a damaged area in at least a portion of the digestive tract along a circumferential direction by performing cauterizing while keeping a mucosal layer by observing with the endoscope; and forming an incomplete stenosis in the digestive tract, while restoring the damaged area, wherein the damaged area is formed by causing damage to a mucosal base layer, the mucosal base layer having an interface that contacts a submucosal layer.
Abstract:
A traction tool for performing traction of suture thread under a flexible endoscope is provided. The tool includes a shaft, a first holder which is provided at a distal end of the shaft and is configured to hold the suture thread or a suture needle attached to the suture thread, and second holder which is provided closer to a proximal end side of the shaft than the first holder and to which the suture thread is hooked. The second holder is expandable in a radial direction of the shaft.
Abstract:
A needle holder includes a sheath, a grasper capable of grasping a target object, an operation portion capable of opening and closing the grasper, and an operation wire. The operation portion includes a main body, a slider, and an elastic member that is elastically deformable depending on an opening and closing position of the grasper. The slider is connected to the grasper via the operation wire. The grasper can release grasping of the target object and can grasp the target object with a first grasping force in response to an operation of moving the slider against a restoring force of the elastic member. The grasper can grasp the target object with a second grasping force smaller than the first grasping force when the restoring force of the elastic member and tension of the operation wire are balanced.
Abstract:
In a method for inserting an endoscopic device, a guide wire is punctured into a subject from outside the body. A tip portion of the wire is inserted into a first hollow organ. A tip-side portion of the inserted wire is projected into a lumen of a second hollow organ that communicates with the first via an opening, from the opening. An endoscopic device is inserted through a flexible endoscope and pushed into the second hollow organ. A tip portion of the device is locked onto the tip-side portion of the wire projecting into the second hollow organ. A portion of the wire outside the body of the subject is held and is tugged outside of the body. The tip portion of the device is thus pulled into the first hollow organ from the second, via the opening. Therefore, the endoscopic device can be led to the first hollow organ.
Abstract:
An endoscopic treatment method includes: inserting an endoscope into a digestive tract; forming a damaged area in at least a portion of the digestive tract along a circumferential direction by performing cauterizing while keeping a mucosal layer by observing with the endoscope; and forming an incomplete stenosis in the digestive tract, while restoring the damaged area, wherein the damaged area is formed by causing damage to a mucosal base layer, the mucosal base layer having an interface that contacts a submucosal layer.
Abstract:
A traction tool for performing traction, of a suture thread under a flexible endoscope is provided. The traction toot includes a first holder configured to hold the suture thread or a suture needle attached to the suture thread; a second holder having an engaging surface configured to engage the suture, thread such that the suture thread is capable of advancing and retracting and configured to release an engagement with the suture thread; and a guide member holding the first holder and the second holder such that the first holder and the second holder are relatively movable.