| 摘要 |
An optical probe, comprising: a sheath to be inserted into a body cavity; an optical fiber inside the sheath; an optical component attached to a distal end portion of the optical fiber inside the sheath; wherein a light beam transmitted through the optical fiber is emitted from the optical component toward a body tissue in the body cavity, and wherein the sheath comprises a plurality of balloons spaced at predetermined intervals on a part on the distal end portion side of an outer periphery and capable of inflating/deflating in a radial direction orthogonal to a longitudinal axis, a suction inlet located between the plurality of balloons to draw the body tissue at the part on the distal end portion side of the outer periphery by suction, a balloon inflation port connected to the balloons, and a suction port connected to the suction inlet, and the plurality of balloons are airtightly locked to an body cavity inner wall by supplying a fluid or a gas through the balloon inflation port to pressurize and inflate the balloons, and pressure in a space formed between the plurality of locked balloons and the body cavity inner wall is reduced through the suction port to cause the body tissue to adhere strongly to the part on the distal end portion side of the outer periphery by suction.
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