Patent ID: 11944841
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. The light-irradiation-device delivery apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a sheath accommodating the needle tube such that the needle tube is configured to move relative to the sheath in the longitudinal axis direction;
a main body fixed to a proximal end of the sheath; and
a needle slider fixed to a proximal end of the needle tube, and configured to move in the longitudinal axis direction with respect to the main body,
wherein the needle slider comprises a fixing mechanism configured to change between a first state and a second state, wherein the optical fiber is:
movable within the needle tube in the longitudinal axis direction in the first state, and

secured relative to the needle tube in the longitudinal axis direction in the second state such that at least a portion of the emission area radially opposes the side hole.