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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitsugu Hosogoe, Tokyo, JP;
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An example endoscope cap, attachable to and detachable from an endoscope including a lever pivotally provided at a distal end of an insertion part of an endoscope and a pivot part causing the lever to pivot, includes: a bottomed cylindrical cover that has an opening end and is capable of attaching and detaching the opening end to and from the distal end of the insertion part of the endoscope; a first engagement part located at an inner surface of a cylindrical part of the cover; an elevator that has a lever connection part connected to the lever and that is pivotally fixed to an inside of the cover; and a flexible part provided at the cylindrical part of the cover and more flexible by an external force compared to another part along a circumferential direction of the cylindrical part.