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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Yuichi Ikeda, Tama, JP;
Toshinari Maeda, Hachioji, JP;
Haruhiko Ueno, Hachioji, JP;
Keiichi Arai, Hachioji, JP;
Takayasu Miyagi, Hachioji, JP;
Yuichi Ikeda, Tama, JP;
Toshinari Maeda, Hachioji, JP;
Haruhiko Ueno, Hachioji, JP;
Keiichi Arai, Hachioji, JP;
Takayasu Miyagi, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electric bending endoscope includes a bending portion arranged to an inserting portion and a bending driving unit which bends the bending portion. In the electric bending endoscope, the bending driving unit includes a motor which generates driving force for bending the bending portion, a first unit which holds the motor, a driving force transmitting member which transmits the driving force of the motor, and a second unit which bends the bending portion by the driving force of the motor. The electric bending endoscope further includes a first holding member which detachably supports, to the first unit, a rotating shaft arranged to the driving force transmitting member of the second unit.