Endoscope apparatus and endoscope system providing angular orientation between overtube and endoscope insertion section inserted in overtube
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsFuminori Wake, Kazuhiko Hino
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AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsFuminori Wake, Kazuhiko Hino
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The endoscope apparatus includes an endoscope insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject and including a distal end portion, a distal end covering portion configured to cover at least an outer periphery of the distal end portion of the endoscope insertion portion and held by the distal end portion, a suction conduit provided with an opening in the distal end covering portion and configured to discharge a fluid including gas generated from an inside of the subject to outside of the subject via the opening, and a positioning portion configured to define a position of the opening of the suction conduit in a rotation direction with a long axis of the endoscope insertion portion as a center when the distal end covering portion is held by the distal end portion of the endoscope insertion portion.
An endoscope apparatus, comprising:
An endoscope system, comprising:
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