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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 29, 2013
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Masaki, Mitaka, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope has a bending portion operation apparatus at an operation portion, the bending portion operation apparatus being for bending and operating a bending portion, and the bending portion operation apparatus includes a dial for bending operation which bends the bending portion by pivoting about a shaft, a portion of the dial for bending operation provided at the operation portion being protruded at a position where the dial for bending operation is operated with a thumb grasping the operation portion, and an auxiliary dial for bending operation which has a meshing portion meshing with the dial for bending operation and a protruding portion protruding at a position where the auxiliary dial for bending operation is operable with a finger other than the thumb, an operation input entered at the protruding portion with the finger other than the thumb being transmitted to the bending operation dial via the meshing portion.