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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuaki Akui, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61M 25/0138 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an endoscope capable of realizing equal operability by either a left or right hand without upsizing an operation portion. For this purpose, an operation portion is formed in a bilaterally symmetrical shape; a suction button and a bending lever are disposed at a center in a left and right width direction of the operation portion facing each other; and respective arm portions are disposed in a state of being rotated around a central axis of the bending lever by a predetermined angle relative to up, down, left and right tilt directions defined for the bending lever.