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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61L 2/04 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/26 (2013.01); A61B 1/00098 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/121 (2013.01); A61L 2/04 (2013.01); A61L 2/088 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope includes an insertion section, a channel, a raising base and a sterilizing device. The insertion section includes a distal end portion, and the distal end portion includes a recess. The channel is disposed in the insertion section, the channel communicating with the recess and the channel configured to receive a treatment instrument. The raising base is disposed in the recess, the raising base configured to guide the treatment instrument to protrude from the recess. The sterilizing device is disposed in the distal end portion, the sterilizing device configured to sterilize one or more of the channel and the recess and the raising base.