Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 内窥镜装置
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Application No.: US12180655Application Date: 2008-07-28
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Publication No.: US08221313B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Kenji Noda , Masatsugu Oyama
- Applicant: Kenji Noda , Masatsugu Oyama
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Ostrolenk Faber LLP
- Main IPC: A61B1/12
- IPC: A61B1/12

Abstract:
A gas supply source for supplying gas and a channel along which the gas is supplied can be easily switched by providing an instrument channel for passing an endoscope treating tool, a gas and water supply channel for supplying carbon dioxide etc. to the inside of a body, a gas supply source for a visceral cavity capable of supplying gas at a predetermined pressure, a gas supply source for a lumen capable of supplying gas at an optional pressure, and a switch device for switching from any of and an instrument channel and a gas and water supply channel to any of the gas supply source for a visceral cavity and the gas supply source for a lumen.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100022834A1 ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-01-28
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