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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Kazuhiro Gono, Sagamihara, JP;
Takaaki Gono, Hachioji, JP;
Naruto Shinkai, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); G01J 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0261 (2013.01); A61B 1/0008 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/12 (2013.01); A61N 2005/066 (2013.01); A61B 1/0646 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope includes an insert section to be inserted into the body cavity, an illumination window for directing illumination light therethrough and an observation window for observing an illuminated internal portion of the body cavity, arranged at a distal end portion of the insert section, and a blood flow changing section for changing a blood flow of blood flowing through a vessel in a near-surface region of a living organ inside the body cavity by providing one of a temperature change and vibration energy.