| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical visualization system including a combination of disposable and reusable components such as a catheter, a functional handle, a hub and an optical device. <P>SOLUTION: Other embodiments of the present invention are generally aimed to features and aspects of an in-vivo visualization system including an endoscope having operation channels passed through with the catheter having a viewing function. The catheter obtains the viewing function by constituting the catheter as a visual catheter, or by having a fiberscope or other viewing device passed selectively through one of the channels. The catheter is preferably a steerable type steered from its proximal end when advancing a distal end of the catheter in a body. The in-vivo visualization system is properly used for diagnosing and/or, for example, treating the duodenum, in particular, the biliary tree. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
