Patent ID: 11858074
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 5:
6. A medical apparatus remanufacturing method comprising:
disassembling a housing including a first housing and a second housing, the first housing including a boss that is press-fitted to a boss hole of a press-fitted portion of the second housing in an assembled state in which the first housing and the second housing are assembled to each other, the disassembling including:
heating at least one of the boss and the press-fitted portion so as to thermally deform a portion of one of the boss and the boss hole that is in contact with another of the boss and the boss hole in the assembled state to decrease a contact surface pressure between the boss and the boss hole, wherein the at least one of boss and a press-fitted portion is heated to a temperature equal to or greater than a heat resistant temperature of the portion of one of the boss and the boss hole that is in contact with another of the boss and the boss hole in the assembled state; and
removing the boss from the boss hole to release the assembled state.