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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
Yasuaki Natori, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiko Onda, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Okadome, Tokyo, JP;
Ikuko Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuaki Natori, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiko Onda, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Okadome, Tokyo, JP;
Ikuko Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Without setting an examination site, it is possible to easily position an end face of a narrow-diameter end portion at a suitable position with respect to an examination target, allowing an image of the examination site to be acquired quickly and easily. The invention provides an objective-lens guiding device comprising a support portion secured to an objective lens having a narrow-diameter end portion; and a cylindrical portion for accommodating the narrow-diameter end portion. The support portion supports the cylindrical portion such that a front end of the cylindrical portion is disposed at a location farther toward the front than an end face of the narrow-diameter end portion, and so as to be capable of moving in an optical axis direction.