| abstract |
This medical tool for a fingertip comprises a resin layer that emits red fluorescence or near infrared fluorescence, and is to be worn on a fingertip. More specifically, the medical tool for a fingertip 1A to 1E has a finger cot shape, has an open window portion 2 from which the finger pad is exposed when worn on a finger, and is formed of a resin that emits red fluorescence or near infrared fluorescence. Alternatively, the medical tool for a fingertip 1F, 1G has a glove shape and has a print layer 8, 9 on the finger pad thereof or around the finger pad thereof, the print layer being formed of a resin that emits red fluorescence or near infrared fluorescence. Alternatively, the medical tool for a fingertip 1H, 1I is like a sticker that has an adhesive layer on one surface of a resin layer that emits red fluorescence or near infrared fluorescence, and is sized so as to be affixed within the finger pad. When an operator who performs palpation in a living body wears this medical tool for a fingertip on a fingertip, the location of a lesion identified from a mucosal side by palpation can be accurately identified from a serosal side. |