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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hironobu Ichimura, Koganei, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/00018 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02);
Abstract
An endoscope includes an insertion portion including a distal end portion in which an image pickup unit is disposed, the insertion portion being configured to be inserted into an organ of a subject, an operation portion disposed at a proximal end of the insertion portion, and a sensor disposed in the operation portion, the sensor being configured to detect a pressure of a fluid in a flow passage passing through from the operation portion to a first opening of the distal end portion, the flow passage being configured to allow the fluid flowed into the operation portion to be flowed out from the first opening.