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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Kiyoshi Miyake, Asaka, JP;
Mitsuo Obata, Hachioji, JP;
Atsushi Miyazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope comprises an inserting unit main body, and a head unit that is freely detachably attached to the distal end of the inserting unit main body and that includes an image pickup device which picks up an image of an object and a light emitting element which irradiates illumination light to the object. A holding member holds the head unit such that distal extension of the holding member angles the head unit in a radial direction orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the distal end of the inserting unit main body.