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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shunichi Imai, Okaya, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/12 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 1/0008 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00091 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/12 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope includes a cylindrical member, a first outward flange including a first cutout, a projection projecting inward from an internal circumferential surface of a hole formed in a distal end portion of an insertion section of the endoscope, and capable of being engaged with the first cutout, an elastic member to urge the cylindrical member toward a bottom portion of the hole, and a projecting portion formed to project from the internal circumferential surface of the hole and including a surface facing the bottom portion of the hole.