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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takayuki Ide, Akishima, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/253 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/128 (2013.01); A61B 1/0008 (2013.01); A61B 1/00055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/127 (2013.01); G02B 23/2469 (2013.01); G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/253 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heater unit includes a heater which is provided inside of a distal end portion of an endoscope insertion portion and which heats the inside to prevent fogging which occurs in an optical member provided the inside, a temperature sensor which measures the temperature of the inside and a flexible substrate. The heater unit further includes an insulating sealing portion which seals a mounting surface of the heater mounted on the flexible substrate, which seals the heater so that so that a joint surface of the heater that faces the mounting surface and that is joined to the lens frame is exposed and which seals the whole temperature sensor.