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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Hiroaki Miyoshi, Fuchu, JP;
Satoshi Makiyama, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Miyoshi, Fuchu, JP;
Satoshi Makiyama, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/092 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); A61B 1/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope of the present invention includes an insertion portion including a bending portion, an operation portion separate from the insertion portion, a bending operation wire that is inserted through the insertion portion and used for bending the bending portion in a predetermined direction with tugging in a forward/backward tugging direction, and connecting mechanisms that makes it possible to couple the insertion portion and the operation portion in a manner in which the bending wire is freely tugged in the operation portion.