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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2019
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Fuminori Wake, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuhiko Hino, Hachioji, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hood for endoscope is attached to an endoscope including an insertion portion, a distal end portion and an air-feeding conduit, and the hood for endoscope includes a frame configured to be fitted to an outer circumference of the distal end portion, and a rectification plate configured to, so that gas spurted out forward in a longitudinal axis direction from an air-feeding port flows, changing an orientation in which the gas flows, from the longitudinal axis direction to a circumferential direction of the frame intersecting the longitudinal axis direction by the gas hitting the rectification member, guide the gas in a direction not toward a position of the distal end portion provided with an observation member.