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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji, JP;
Kosei Tamiya, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope system of the present invention is provided with: a long, thin inserted portion that includes an illuminating portion that emits an illumination light beam toward an imaging subject, an image-acquisition portion that acquires an image of the imaging subject, and a channel; and an illumination device that is disposed in the channel, wherein the illumination device includes an illuminating portion that emits, toward the imaging subject, an illumination light beam that has a divergence angle that is smaller than that of the illumination light beam and for which the image-acquisition portion has sensitivity, and a pulling member that extends to outside the channel from a base end of the illuminating portion, and wherein the illuminating portion can be removed from the channel by pulling the pulling member.