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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Seisuke Takase, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Moriyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Nishiie, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Miyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Seisuke Takase, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Moriyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Nishiie, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Miyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope according to the present invention includes an endoscope main body, in which a channel having at least one end communicated with the outside is inserted and which is covered with an exterior member, and a communicating hole which is arranged in the halfway of the channel and which introduces vapor in the channel so as to sterilize the channel with the vapor.