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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2019
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiko Kato, Hachioji, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope apparatus includes: an image pickup device; a glass lid that is provided on a distal end side ahead of a light receiving surface of the image pickup device and is fixed to a front face of the image pickup device in an integrated manner; and a frame body that covers at least a part of the image pickup device and the glass lid. The frame body includes a fixing region for fixing an image pickup circuit portion provided on a proximal end side opposite to the front face of the image pickup device, and a non-fixing region that keeps the distal end side relative to the light receiving surface of the image pickup device and the glass lid fixed to the light receiving surface of the image pickup device in a non-fixed state.