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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitsugu Hosogoe, Tokyo, JP;
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide an elevator or the like that facilitates cleaning of an endoscope by dismounting the endoscope after endoscopic examination. An elevator () which is capable of being attached to and detached from an endoscope () that includes a lever () provided rotatably at a distal tip of an insertion portion, and a rotating portion () that rotates the lever (), includes a first elevation portion () that has a recessed portion () on one surface, a second elevation portion () that protrudes from an end of the first elevation portion (), and a lever connection portion () that is provided at an end portion of the second elevation portion () and connected to the lever (). The elevator () is formed of a material having a tensile yield stress of 40 megapascals or more.