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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2006
Sumihiro Uchimura, Sagamihara, JP;
Akira Taniguchi, Hachioji, JP;
Fumiyuki Onoda, Tama, JP;
Toshiaki Noguchi, Tachikawa, JP;
Katsuya Suzuki, Sagamihara, JP;
Sumihiro Uchimura, Sagamihara, JP;
Akira Taniguchi, Hachioji, JP;
Fumiyuki Onoda, Tama, JP;
Toshiaki Noguchi, Tachikawa, JP;
Katsuya Suzuki, Sagamihara, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope has an insertion portion provided with a freely curvable curving portion; a grip portion provided at a base end side of the insertion portion and grasped by an operator. There provided at the grip portion and in its periphery is an instructing operation element with a function of implementing a curve instructing operation of the curving portion and a function of implementing the other instructing operation different from the above described curve instructing operation.