Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Yutaka Yoshida

Yoshio Shishido

Kiyoshi Miyashita

Tadao Hagino

Kazumasa Matsuo

Masahiko Kato

Morihide Mizumoto

Hiroyuki Kusunoki

Shozo Hirayama

A lifesaving borescope system comprises a borescope having an insertion section, sensors disposed in the vicinity of the distal end portion of the insertion section, a sensor holder for holding the sensors, and an external output device for displaying or pronouncing information detected by the sensors.

Lifesaving borescope system

A surgical cutting instrument essentially comprises an outer sheath tube, an inner stationary tube which is disposed within said outer sheath tube such that the distal end of the inner tube projects from the distal end of the outer sheath tube and is provided with a cutting opening for drawing cut tissue chips at the peripheral wall of the distal end of the inner tube and a sliding member which is slidably disposed between said outer sheath tube and said inner tube so as to open and close said cutting opening and is provided with an outer cutting edge which engages an inner cutting edge of said cutting opening, on the distal end edge of the sliding member, whereby a body tissue is cut by axially and slidingly reciprocating said sliding member to open and close said cutting opening and cut tissue chips are withdrawn from the body by suction through a suction channel of the inner tube.

Surgical cutting instrument

A device for pressing down a document to be duplicated on a document table of an electrophotographic apparatus comprises a flexible cover which is journaled along its one edge portion and a supporting frame which supports the document cover in an opened or upright position. Near the free end of the document cover there is secured a handle or grip which engages with the supporting frame. In case of duplicating a thick document such as a book the handle can be disengaged from the frame and the thick document can be effectively pressed down on the table by means of the document cover. The document cover and the frame are detachably arranged at positions which are lower than the surface level of the document table. Documents larger than the document table can be easily duplicated by removing the document cover and the supporting frame.

Device for holding down a document

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Hachioji, Japan

Yutaka Yoshida