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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2016
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitsugu Hosogoe, Tokyo, JP;
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope includes a raising base rotatably installed in an insertion portion of the endoscope, a recess formed in the insertion portion, a flexible control wire which is movable along an axis thereof relative to said insertion portion, a link member provided in the recess and connecting one end of the control wire to the raising base, and a cover which is detachably attached to the insertion portion to close the recess. The link member includes a rotational shaft which is coaxial with a of rotational axis of the raising base, the rotational shaft provided in the recess to be irrotatable relative to the raising base and detachably connected to the raising base; and a connecting portion detachably and irrotatably connected to the rotational shaft in the recess, the one end of the control wire being connected to the connecting portion at a position offset from the rotational shaft.