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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuya Saiga, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00068 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope conduit switching device includes: a cap that is made of resin, the cap including a pressing surface to be pressed by an operator and a shaft hole formed on a surface of the cap on a side opposite to the pressing surface; and a shaft having one end that is inserted into the shaft hole of the cap and as other end that is inserted into a conduit of the endoscope. The cap is joined to the shaft with a first joint portion and a second joint portion that are spaced apart from each other along a direction in which the shaft extends.