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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Arai, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An insertion apparatus includes a moving unit moving between a first movement position in a state that a motion portion performs a motion and a second movement position in a state that the motion of the motion portion is regulated. A link unit oh the insertion apparatus includes a coupling portion which couples a first link with a second link in a state that the first link and the second link form a substantially V-like shape having a link coupling position as an apex when the moving unit is placed at the first movement position and in a state that the first link and the second link form a substantially linear shape that does not bend at the link coupling position when the moving unit is placed at the second movement position.