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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2011
Applicant:
Hideki Tanaka, Tami, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Tanaka, Tami, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope apparatus includes an insertion portion to be inserted into a subject, a bendable bending portion provided in a distal end side of the insertion portion, a bending driving section that drives the bending of the bending portion, and a bending driving control section that controls the bending driving section based on an inputted control signal to cause a distal end of the bending portion to make a turning motion with respect to a proximal end thereof.