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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2009
Daisuke Asada, Hachioji, JP;
Hitoshi Karasawa, Hachioji, JP;
Sho Nakajima, Hachioji, JP;
Nobuyoshi Yazawa, Hachioji, JP;
Tsutomu Urakawa, Hachioji, JP;
Daisuke Asada, Hachioji, JP;
Hitoshi Karasawa, Hachioji, JP;
Sho Nakajima, Hachioji, JP;
Nobuyoshi Yazawa, Hachioji, JP;
Tsutomu Urakawa, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical apparatus according to the present invention is a medical apparatus used in a state in which the medical apparatus is led into a body and fixed. The medical apparatus includes: a fixing section that fixes the medical apparatus on a body wall in the body; an image pickup section that picks up an image of a subject in the body and is provided pivotably around a first axis; and a holding section that includes the fixing section and holds the image pickup section pivotably around a second axis different from the first axis. Therefore, the medical apparatus can change a photographing range and a visual field direction as desired to photograph the subject by performing magnified observation and photographing the subject from different directions without using a zoom function in the state in which the medical apparatus is fixed in a limited space in the body.