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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2007
Masaaki Miyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Moriyama, Tokyo, JP;
Seisuke Takase, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An endoscope includes an observation window for observing an image of a photographic subject; an illumination window for emitting illumination light for illuminating the photographic subject; a suction port connected to a suction channel are provided on a distal end surface of an insertion portion; an observation window peripheral edge portion which is formed so that a surface having the observation window is vertical to an observation light axis; an illumination window peripheral edge portion which is formed so that a surface having the illumination window is vertical to an illumination light axis which tilts outward with respect to the observation light axis; and a suction port peripheral edge portion which is formed so that a surface having the suction port is flush with the observation window peripheral edge portion.