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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1998
Takeshi Ozawa, Tama, JP;
Mamoru Kaneko, Hanno, JP;
Akihiro Horii, Hachioji, JP;
Atsushi Okawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroki Hibino, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Sangu, Hino, JP;
Hitoshi Ueno, Hachioji, JP;
Hitoshi Mizuno, Koganei, JP;
Jun Hiroya, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuichi Imaizumi, Hachioji, JP;
Hidemichi Aoki, Tokorozawa, JP;
Masahiro Ohno, Kunitachi, JP;
Eiji Yasuda, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshinao Oaki, Hino, JP;
Kenji Yoshino, Hachioji, JP;
Sakae Takehana, Sagamihara, JP;
Isami Hirao, Hino, JP;
Takefumi Uesugi, Hachioji, JP;
Toshimasa Kawai, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A light scanning device has a tip structure which includes a light scanning part connected to a light source, and which is insertable into a body cavity and is formed so as to be water-tight. A controlling part controls the light scan through the tip structure, and the tip structure and the controlling part are also connected to each other in a water-tight manner by a slender tube through which a plurality of electrical cables pass. An electric connector is fixed with the proximal end portion of the tube in a water-tight manner, and is electrically connectable so as to be water-tight with and removable from this controlling part.