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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Hironobu Ichimura, Akishima, JP;
Hironobu Ichimura, Akishima, JP;
Abstract
The present invention has a configuration that an observing portion observing an area to be examined and first and second illumination portions performing irradiation of illumination light are disposed on a distal end face of an insertion portion to be inserted into the area to be examined, and a first lens which is a distal end observation lens of an observation window of the observation portion is disposed at a position projecting to a distal end side beyond the distal end face. With the abovementioned configuration, an endoscope provided with an observation optical system of an object contact type performing contact observation to a live body where a sharp observation image can be obtained is provided.