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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/012 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00002 (2013.01); A61B 1/00133 (2013.01); A61B 1/0125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A baby endoscope which forms a medical device includes: a rotary member; an exterior member which rotatably holds the rotary member about a predetermined rotation axis, houses the rotary member in the exterior member, and has a surface which is brought into contact with a portion of an outer peripheral surface of an operation section of a mother endoscope on an outer peripheral portion; and a bending operation lever mounted on the rotary member, and is disposed within a width of the exterior member in a direction of the rotation axis when the exterior member is viewed in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis.