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Patent No.:

US 10881278 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2017

Endoscope apparatus and endoscope system providing angular orientation between overtube and endoscope insertion section inserted in overtube

Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Fuminori Wake, Hachioji, JP;

Kazuhiko Hino, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Michael J Carey

Assistant Examiner:

Minqiao Huang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/00089 (2013.01); A61B 1/00091 (2013.01); A61B 1/00094 (2013.01); A61B 1/00101 (2013.01); A61B 1/00117 (2013.01); A61B 1/00119 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/126 (2013.01); A61B 18/08 (2013.01); A61B 18/1482 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 1/0051 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00172 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

The endoscope apparatus includes an endoscope insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject and including a distal end portion, a distal end covering portion configured to cover at least an outer periphery of the distal end portion of the endoscope insertion portion and held by the distal end portion, a suction conduit provided with an opening in the distal end covering portion and configured to discharge a fluid including gas generated from an inside of the subject to outside of the subject via the opening, and a positioning portion configured to define a position of the opening of the suction conduit in a rotation direction with a long axis of the endoscope insertion portion as a center when the distal end covering portion is held by the distal end portion of the endoscope insertion portion.

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