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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jin Hiraoka, Sagamihara, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound endoscope includes an insertion portion, an ultrasound transducer provided at a distal end portion of the insertion portion, a first opening portion provided at a distal end portion of the insertion portion, a second opening portion and a raising stand provided at the distal end portion of the insertion portion. Furthermore, the raising stand includes a first contact portion that comes into contact with a treatment instrument protruding from the first opening portion for causing the treatment instrument to extend in a first direction and a second contact portion that comes into contact with a treatment instrument protruding from the second opening portion for causing the treatment instrument to extend in a second direction different from the first direction.