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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Seisuke Takase, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Miyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Moriyama, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope includes an insertion unit; an observation optical system arranged at an end surface of the insertion unit in an inserting axis direction and having a wide viewing angle for observing a body cavity; and a plurality of illumination optical systems arranged on an axis slanted with respect to the inserting axis direction of the insertion unit and used when illuminating the body cavity. An illumination lens of at least one of the illumination optical systems is subjected to light diffusion process.