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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); G02B 23/24 (2013.01); A61B 1/00131 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope includes a grasp section. The grasp section includes: a first surface adjacent, in the longitudinal axis, to a surface where the bending operation knob is provided, a protruding portion radially outwardly protruding to the longitudinal axis at a position adjacent to the first surface around the longitudinal axis, a first inclined surface provided on the protruding portion at a side adjacent to the first surface and inclined to the first surface, and a second inclined surface which is provided, on the protruding portion, at a side opposite to the first inclined surface across the protruding portion, and which is inclined to the first surface.