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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2018
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jin Hiraoka, Sagamihara, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope includes a distal-end hard portion at a distal end of an insert, including a body, housing, first and second grooves in the body to extend inwardly, and a through-hole communicating the first and second grooves in the housing; a forceps-raising table in the first groove, including a fitting-groove along a through-hole extending direction; an arm portion including a pillar extending from the second groove to the first groove, a fit-in portion fitted in the fitting-groove on one side, and a connecting portion on the other side, the connecting portion being connected with a forceps-operating wire; and a seal portion on a periphery of the pillar, sealing water-tightly a first gap and a second gap, the first gap being between a periphery of the pillar and a periphery defining the through-hole, and the second gap being between the periphery of the pillar and a periphery defining the fitting-groove.