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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2008
Haruhiko Ueno, Akiruno, JP;
Yuichi Ikeda, Tama, JP;
Tomoaki Sato, Higashiyamato, JP;
Shuji Nakamura, Akishima, JP;
Haruhiko Ueno, Akiruno, JP;
Yuichi Ikeda, Tama, JP;
Tomoaki Sato, Higashiyamato, JP;
Shuji Nakamura, Akishima, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Lead screws and nut members screwed to the respective lead screws are provided on a wire operation section for operating wires for operating a bending section in a bending manner, and a driving force generating section, a drive coupling shaft rotationally driven in a spin direction by a driving force from the driving force generating section, and drive couplings are provided on a drive source unit separably coupled to the wire operation section. The lead screws are rotationally driven in a spin direction from the driving force generating section via the drive coupling shaft to move the nut members in the axial direction thereby performing pulling operation of the wires during coupling of the drive source unit and the wire operation section.