Patent ID: 7736376

Claim:
A living-wall fixing tool for use with endoscopes, which is designed to be detained in a living body by using a detention device inserted into the living body through the channel of an endoscope and to clamp the walls of first and second organs in the living body, said endoscope being inserted into the first organ and not inserted into the second organ, said living-wall fixing tool comprising: first and second fixing members which are shaped like a shaft, the first fixing member being configured to be inserted into the second organ though a hole formed in a junction between a first living wall of the first organ and a second living wall of the second organ, and the second fixing member being configured to be arranged in the first organ, not inserted into the hole; first and second cord-like members which are to be used in combination with the two fixing members, the first cord-like member having a distal end part connected to the first fixing member and a proximal part extending away from the first fixing member through the second fixing member, and the second cord-like member having a distal end part connected to an end of the first fixing member and a proximal part extending away from the first fixing member through the second fixing member; an elastic stopper which is slidably mounted on the first cord-like member and which is connected to the first cord-like member when the first cord-like member is pulled, causing the first and second fixing member to clamp the first and second living walls; and slackening means for slackening the first cord-like member, the slackening means being configured to pull, when operated, the second cord-like member to pull the first fixing member into the first organ through the hole.