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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Applicant:
Toshiyuki Ikeda, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Ikeda, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an endoscope comprising: an insertion unit which is to be inserted into a body; and a pipeline provided inside the insertion unit for supplying a fluid to a balloon mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the insertion unit, wherein the pipeline has a plurality of openings in an axial direction of the insertion unit on the outer peripheral surface of the insertion unit. Therefore, the endoscope of the present invention can easily fix a balloon and keep airtightness after the fixation, and can raise a degree of freedom of a mounting location of the balloon.