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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2009
Hitoshi Karasawa, Hachioji, JP;
Sho Nakajima, Hachioji, JP;
Daisuke Asada, Hachioji, JP;
Nobuyoshi Yazawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hitoshi Karasawa, Hachioji, JP;
Sho Nakajima, Hachioji, JP;
Daisuke Asada, Hachioji, JP;
Nobuyoshi Yazawa, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical apparatus according to the present invention includes: an image pickup section including an observation window, the image pickup section being led into a body; a holding section that holds the image pickup section inside the body; a covering section that is connected to the holding section and covers the observation window to set the image pickup section in a non-photographable state; and a field-of-view control section that variably controls the covering of the observation window by the covering section and sets the image pickup section in a photographable state to allow the image pickup section to photograph a subject inside the body.