Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope
- Patent Title (中): 内窥镜
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Application No.: US11541872Application Date: 2006-10-02
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Publication No.: US07883460B2Publication Date: 2011-02-08
- Inventor: Sumihiro Uchimura , Akira Taniguchi , Fumiyuki Onoda , Toshiaki Noguchi , Katsuya Suzuki
- Applicant: Sumihiro Uchimura , Akira Taniguchi , Fumiyuki Onoda , Toshiaki Noguchi , Katsuya Suzuki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2004-110483 20040402; JP2004-130129 20040426
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00

Abstract:
An endoscope has an insertion portion provided with a freely curvable curving portion; a grip portion provided at a base end side of the insertion portion and grasped by an operator. There provided at the grip portion and in its periphery is an instructing operation element with a function of implementing a curve instructing operation of the curving portion and a function of implementing the other instructing operation different from the above described curve instructing operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070027361A1 Endoscope Public/Granted day:2007-02-01
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