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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2007
Manabu Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kogasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Dejima, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Matsuno, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Yamatani, Tokyo, JP;
Saori Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kogasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Dejima, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Matsuno, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Yamatani, Tokyo, JP;
Saori Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The medical treatment endoscope according to the present invention includes a sheath having a flexibility; at least one arm member having a bending part that projects out from a front end of the sheath and performs bending actions; an open/close mechanism which directs the arm member from a direction along a central axis of the sheath to a direction deviated from the central axis of the sheath, and from a direction deviated from the central axis of the sheath to a direction along the central axis of the sheath; and a viewing device and an illuminating member that are disposed to the front end side of the sheath.