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Abstract

Disclosed herein is a catheter for a common hepatic duct capable of inserting a stent into a bile duct, a gall bladder, and the like using endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). According to an exemplary embodiment, the catheter includes: an inner guide tube; a perforator coupled with a front end of the inner guide tube; a pressing member coupled with the inner guide tube while maintaining a predetermined interval from the perforator; a stent disposed between the perforator and the pressing member and on an outer circumferential surface of the inner guide tube; and an outer guide tube disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the inner guide tube, wherein the perforator has a cone shape or a polygonal cone shape and is formed so that a distance from a central line to an outside is reduced toward the front end based on the central line in a length direction.

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First Claim