Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope, and endoscope system
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Application No.: US16133832Application Date: 2018-09-18
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Publication No.: US11376090B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Koji Yamaya
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2016-058991 20160323
- Main IPC: A61B90/00
- IPC: A61B90/00 ; A61B1/00 ; G02B23/24 ; A61B1/018

Abstract:
An endoscope includes: a rigid distal structure portion; a rotational portion; an exterior member; a bearing opposed to the exterior member and recessed from an outer surface of the distal structure portion, the bearing being; and a preventing portion. The bearing is configured to receive and support the rotational shaft and to displace the rotational shaft from the distal structure portion by the exterior member being removed from the distal structure portion. The preventing portion provided on one of the rotational portion and the distal structure portion, and configured to prevent disengagement of the rotational portion by coming in contact with the other of the rotational portion and the distal structure portion when the rotational shaft is displaced from the bearing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190015172A1 ENDOSCOPE, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-01-17
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