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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Hiroaki Miyoshi, Fuchu, JP;
Hiroaki Miyoshi, Fuchu, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope insertion apparatus is provided that has an inner-side unit in which a plurality of inner-side fixing sections having an inner-side arm are uniformly arranged in a circumferential direction, an outer-side unit in which a plurality of outer-side fixing sections having an outer-side arm are uniformly arranged in a circumferential direction and in which slit portions that extend in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction and from which the inner-side arms protrude are uniformly arranged in the circumferential direction between the outer-side fixing sections, and an insertion operation portion that changes a front/rear relationship between the inner-side arms and outer-side arms.