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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2006
Applicant:
Teruo Ouchi, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Teruo Ouchi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope having an inserted portion, which is to be inserted into a tubular organ, including a bendable portion that is adapted to bend arbitrarily by a remote operation and a distal unit with a window for observation to capture an image of inside the tubular organ, is provided. A plurality of grooves are formed in parallel with an axis of the distal unit on a circumferential surface of the distal unit and the grooves are spaced from each other.