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US 2004/0171913 A1Published application
Endoscope apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorNobuyuki Saruya
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Abstract
An endoscope apparatus of the present invention is here disclosed wherein at least one of a connector on the side of a scope unit and a connector on the side of a fixed unit in a connector portion disposed in an detachable portion of a base unit and the fixed unit of the scope unit is a movable connector, and in the detachable portion, the base unit is connected to the fixed unit by positioning means for positioning the fixed unit side to the base unit side, when the connector on the fixed unit side is connected to that on the base unit side.
Claims37
An endoscope apparatus comprising:
- a scope unit including:
- an insertion portion to be inserted in an inspection object space,
- an observation unit for observation disposed in a tip end of the insertion portion, and
- a base unit connected to a base end of the insertion portion;
- and
- a fixed unit to which the base unit is detachably connected,
- wherein at least one of a connector on the side of the base unit and a connector on the side of the fixed unit in a connector portion disposed in an detachable portion of the base unit and the fixed unit is a movable connector, and
- the detachable portion includes positioning section for positioning a connected position of the fixed connector side to the base unit side, when the connector on the fixed connector side is connected to that on the base unit side.
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An endoscope apparatus comprising:
- a scope unit including:
- an insertion portion to be inserted in an inspection object space,
- an observation unit for observation disposed in a tip end of the insertion portion,
- a curved portion which bends the tip end of the insertion portion in an arbitrary direction, and
- a base unit connected to a base end of the insertion portion;
- and
- a fixed unit to which the base unit is detachably connected,
- wherein at least one of a connector on the side of the base unit and a connector on the side of the fixed unit in a connector portion disposed in an detachable portion of the base unit and the fixed unit is a movable connector, and
- the detachable portion includes positioning section for positioning a connected position of the fixed connector side to the base unit side, when the connector on the fixed connector side is connected to that on the base unit side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.