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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Kimihiko Naito, Kawasaki, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscopic device includes a proximal side contact portion coming into air-tight contact with an outer peripheral portion of the insertion section, and a cavity is defined between the insertion section and a fixed member to a distal direction side of the proximal side contact portion. In a protruding state of a hood, a first path which makes an inside of the hood communicate with the cavity is defined, and the hood is in air-tight contact with the fixed member over an entire circumference in circumferential directions at a distal side contact portion. In a housed state of the hood, a second path which makes the cavity to communicate with an outside of the fixed member is defined.