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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1993
Kazunari Kobayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Kenji Omachi, Hachioji, JP;
Yutaka Tatsuno, Hachioji, JP;
Masahiro Hagihara, Shirakawa, JP;
Atsuki Kidawara, Tachikawa, JP;
Tadayoshi Hara, Hachioji, JP;
Nobuyoshi Yazawa, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope apparatus comprising an electrical connector which is electrically connected to an electrical device such as a CCD in an organism inserting device such as an endoscope which has an inserting section inserted into a organism. The electrical connector is connected to an electrical connector receptacle such as a control unit after the organism inserting device has been disinfected and sterilized by disinfection liquid. Processing is first performed in which the liquid remaining in the vicinity of an electrical contact of the electrical connector is removed by a liquid removing mechanism and, thereafter, electrical operation occurs. Thus, generation of a short-circuiting accident is prevented.