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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1992
Kunio Odanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Machida Seisakusho, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A diagnosis device which includes a probe provided at a front end of an elongate insertion portion, and has the function of angling this probe. An angle portion is provided between the insertion portion and the probe, and the angle portion includes a pair of tubular segments pivotally connected together. The pair of segments are connected to the front end of the insertion portion and the rear end of the probe, respectively. A soft protective tube is disposed inside the pair of segments at the angle portion. An operating member is connected at one end thereof to a manipulation mechanism mounted on a body, and is connected at the other end thereof to the front segment of the angle portion. The operating member is disposed outside the protective tube at the angle portion.