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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
May. 10, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Iizuka, Hachioji, JP;
Akihiro Kato, Hino, JP;
OLYMPUS COPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A distal end cover of an endoscope includes a peripheral edge portion configured to form an opening that externally exposes a space in which a raising base is housed, in a distal end member; a planned-to-be-torn-apart section including a tear starting point disposed on the peripheral edge portion, and a thin portion that is connected to a to-be-torn-apart section of the peripheral edge portion torn from the tear starting point, on an inside surface of a surface facing the opening or an inside surface of at least one side surface that connects the peripheral edge portion and the surface facing the opening; and an engagement portion configured to be engaged with an outside surface of the distal end member by engaging in a direction intersecting the outside surface.