Olympus Corporation

Noriaki Kanazawa

Yuichi Ikeda

Masanobu Koitabashi

Haruhiko Ueno

Yutaka Masaki

Tatsuya Furukawa

Tatsuya Ishizuka

The present invention provides an electric bending endoscope device which has an endoscope supporting device. The endoscope supporting device is provided with an electric bending unit and an insertion portion detachably configured in a state that an electric bending endoscope is always supported to improve an efficiency of an operation to be performed before and after an inspection and to reduce the work or burdens of the users, and in the state that the endoscope is being supported, the endoscope can be used, and similarly, the supporting device can be stored in the state that the endoscope is being supported. For the purpose, the electric bending endoscope device includes an endoscopehaving an observation function and a treatment function of the inside of a body cavity, and an endoscope supporting devicehaving a first moving member (hinge) capable of moving up and down the endoscope in a direction perpendicular to a floor, a second moving member (arm movable portionand slide guide) capable of moving the endoscope in a horizontal direction with respect to the floor, a first supporting portion (bearing portion) for permitting the endoscope to rotate around an axis and supporting the endoscope, and a second supporting portion (supporting portion) for supporting the endoscope movably in vertical and horizontal directions.

Electronic bending endoscope device and endoscope supporting device

An endoscopeincludes an insertion bodyequipped with a potentiometerfor detecting a bending state of a bending portionB which is allowed to be bent and inserted into a subject and an electric connectorfor outputting an electric signal as a detection result of the potentiometer, and a motor unitdetachable with respect to the insertion bodyvia an attachment/detachment portion, which is equipped with an electric motorfor bending the bending portionB.

Power driven bending endoscope device with detachable insertion portion

A power driven bending endoscope with detachable insertion portionis formed of an insertion bodyhaving a flexible bending portionB, and a motor unithaving an electric motorfor driving to bend the bending portionB and a potentiometerfor detecting a bending state of the bending portionB, which are detachably coupled.

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Musashino, Japan

Noriaki Kanazawa