Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Koichi Hoshimitsu

Akira Suzuki

Hiroki Hibino

Yasuhiro Ueda

Sakae Takehana

Yoshinao Oaki

Raifu Matsui

Yoshisada Aoki

Masahito Goto

Yoshikatsu Nagayama

Toshiyuki Takara

Mutsumi Yoshikawa

An endoscope apparatus comprises an elongate insert section including an observation window in the distal end portion and inserted into an object to be observed; an observation device for producing an endoscope image, the observation device including a focusing optical system which receives an incident light from the object through the observation window to focus the endoscope image; and a vibration device for vibrating at least a part of the insert section in a direction crossing the axial direction of the insert section, the vibration device including a vibration unit capable of vibrating in itself to vibrate at least the part of the insert section even under a condition that the insert section is not contact with the object.

Endoscope apparatus

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Hachioji, Japan

Koichi Hoshimitsu