Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kenjiro Ooshima

Teruo Ouchi

A foul fluid splashing prevention device for an endoscope, which prevents foul fluids inside the body cavity from splashing, even when they spray out from a manipulating portion side of the endoscope. The foul fluid splashing prevention device includes a foul fluid absorbing member made of flexible water-absorbing material for absorbing the foul fluids that leak out of an external opening of the endoscope. The splashing prevention device further includes a retaining member, which is detachably disposed at the manipulating part to retain the foul fluid absorbing member when the foul fluid absorbing member covers the external opening.

Growing community of inventors

Gifu, Japan

Kenjiro Ooshima