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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00133 (2013.01); A61B 1/00042 (2022.02); A61B 1/005 (2013.01); G02B 23/2461 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); A61B 1/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
An external mechanism for endoscope includes a bending wheel, a motor, a housing case, and an operation switch, a case side fitting surface and a switch side fitting surface are formed flat to each other, and when a protrusion is provided on a contact surface of the housing case, a recess is provided on a contact surface of the operation switch, whereas when a protrusion is provided on the contact surface of the operation switch, a recess is provided on the contact surface of the housing case.