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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2006
Applicant:
Yasuo Hirata, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuo Hirata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope device includes an objective lens group that is provided at a distal end of an insertion portion that is inserted into a lumen of a subject and is used to observe or photograph the subject, and an illumination device that is provided at a distal end of the insertion portion and illuminates the subject using LED. The illumination device is provided with LED chips and an LED chip supporting block that supports these LED chips, and at least a portion of the objective lens group is mounted on the LED supporting block.