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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2009
Applicant:
Keijiro Omoto, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Keijiro Omoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/31 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/00156 (2013.01); A61B 1/00094 (2013.01); A61B 1/00158 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotary self-propelled endoscope, including: a tubular outer shaft having an elongated insertion section main body with a distal end portion which is rotatable around a longitudinal axis and has at least partially a surface formed to have a helical configuration; an inner shaft which is rotatably inserted through the outer shaft and is coupled to the distal end portion of the insertion section main body; and a motor unit which causes the inner shaft to rotate around the longitudinal axis from the proximal end side.