Endoscope treatment tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9237918-B2
Application number	US-201414219545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2014
Priority date	Sep 10, 2012
Publication date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016

Abstract

An endoscope treatment tool includes a sheath having electric insulation; and an electrode unit provided at a distal end portion of the sheath. The electrode unit includes a rod-shaped electrode that is provided to extend in an axis direction of the sheath and is capable of being arranged in a state where the electrode protrudes from the distal end portion of the sheath and is exposed to the outside; and a chip that is fixed in a state where a distal end portion of the electrode is inserted into a concave portion provided in a proximal end surface so as to extend in the axis direction, has a greater external diameter than the external diameter of the electrode, and is formed from a single electric insulation material. The concave portion is formed with a smaller-diameter portion that allows the distal end portion of the electrode to be inserted thereinto.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An endoscope treatment tool comprising:
a sheath that has electric insulation; and
an electrode unit that is provided at a distal end portion of the sheath, wherein:
the electrode unit includes:
an electrode that has a rod shape is provided to extend in an axial direction of the sheath, and is capable of being arranged in a state where the electrode protrudes from the distal end portion of the sheath and is exposed to an outside of the distal end portion of the sheath; and
a chip that is fixed in a state where a distal end portion of the electrode is inserted into a concave portion provided in a proximal end surface of the chip so as to extend in the axial direction, has a greater external diameter than an external diameter of the electrode, and is formed from an electric insulation material,

the concave portion has:
a first diameter portion that allows the distal end portion of the electrode to be inserted thereinto, and
a second diameter portion having a larger internal diameter than an internal diameter of the first diameter portion, and

a filling member that is capable of being engaged to the first diameter portion is provided further toward a distal end side than the first diameter portion between the concave portion and the electrode.

2. The endoscope treatment tool according to claim 1 , wherein:
a proximal end of the concave portion has a third diameter portion having a larger internal diameter than the internal diameter of the second diameter portion, and
the first diameter portion is formed further toward a distal end side than the third diameter portion in the concave portion, and
a collar portion formed at the distal end portion of the electrode is engaged with the third diameter portion.

3. The endoscope treatment tool according to claim 1 , wherein the filling member is a resin member.

4. The endoscope treatment tool according to claim 1 , wherein the filling member includes an elastic member capable of being expandable and contractable in a radial direction of the concave portion.

5. The endoscope treatment tool according to claim 1 , wherein the filling member is configured using a metallic annular member.

6. The endoscope treatment tool according to claim 2 , wherein the first diameter portion is formed so as to be adjacent to the third diameter portion.

7. The endoscope treatment tool according to claim 2 , wherein an external diameter of the collar portion is equal to the internal diameter of the third diameter portion.

8. The endoscope treatment tool according to claim 1 , wherein a concave-convex portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the electrode in a cross-section of a reference plane including an axis of the sheath, and the filling member is engaged with the concave-convex portion.

9. The endoscope treatment tool according to claim 1 , wherein the internal diameter of the first diameter portion is greater than an external diameter of the distal end portion of the electrode.

10. The endoscope treatment tool according to claim 1 , wherein the first diameter portion is formed so as to be separated from an axis of the sheath as a side of the first diameter portion goes to a distal end side of the electrode.

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Yamamoto Tetsuya
• Kimura Megumi
• Tabuchi Yasuhiro
• Yoshida Yohei

Classifications

• A61B17/00234

  for minimally invasive surgery (A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence) · CPC title

• A61B2018/1475

  Electrodes retractable in or deployable from a housing · CPC title

• A61B18/1492 Primary

  having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation (A61B18/1477 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B18/00 Primary

  Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body (eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/00) · CPC title

• A61B17/320016

  Endoscopic cutting instruments, e.g. arthroscopes, resectoscopes (A61B10/0233, A61B17/29, A61B17/3207 take precedence) · CPC title