Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric bending endoscope
- Patent Title (中): 电动弯曲内窥镜
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Application No.: US12406376Application Date: 2009-03-18
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Publication No.: US08172748B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Harutaka Adachi , Masanobu Koitabashi , Shoichi Amano , Takashi Sawai , Seigo Ito , Atsushi Ogawa
- Applicant: Harutaka Adachi , Masanobu Koitabashi , Shoichi Amano , Takashi Sawai , Seigo Ito , Atsushi Ogawa
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Ostrolenk Faber LLP
- Priority: JP2008-091917 20080331
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04

Abstract:
An electric bending endoscope includes an elongate insertion portion provided with a bending portion, a drive unit, and an operation unit, wherein the drive unit and the operation unit respectively include a drive unit side electric contact portion and an operation unit side electric contact portion configured to be coupled to and separated from each other by moving the drive unit and the operation unit close to and apart from each other in a coupling and separation axial direction, and the drive unit and the operation unit includes a lock mechanism configured to lock and unlock the drive unit and the operation unit to and from each other with respect to the coupling and separating axial direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090247829A1 ELECTRIC BENDING ENDOSCOPE Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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