Patent ID: 7285115

Claim:
A remote controlled medical instrument comprising a wire section inserted into a body and equipped with an actuator for treating internal objects at a front end, and a remote control section for controlling the actuator outside of the body; wherein the wire section includes, a wire coupled with the actuator at the front end thereof and a tube for passing the wire and the actuator therein in a freely entering and exiting manner; and wherein the remote control section includes, a rod-shaped main body having a hollow inside, an operating member, coupled to the main body so as to be slidable in a longitudinal direction of the main body, for entering and exiting the actuator into and from the tube by sliding, and a pinching mechanism, built in the main body and coupled to the operating member, for detachably pinching a rear end of the wire and including: a coupling member for coupling the operating member and the wire, a clip member, arranged on the coupling member, for pinching the wire, and a sliding member sliding independently from the coupling member in the longitudinal direction of the main body; and wherein the clip member pinches the wire in conjunction with the sliding of the sliding member in a first direction, and releases the wire in conjunction with the sliding of the sliding member in a second direction opposite to said first direction, the remote control section including a spring biasing said sliding member in said first direction.