Title:
ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/148814
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An endoscope system having an endoscope that images the body of a subject, and, an external device that can connect to the endoscope, wherein: the endoscope comprises a light guide connector part having a light guide that includes an end surface functioning as a light reception surface, said light guide connector part also having an exterior part that includes an opening at an end part thereof and accommodates the light guide such that the light reception surface is positioned at the opening; the external device comprises a connector reception part connected to the light guide connector part and having a cover surface that covers and surrounds a light reception surface side of the end part of the exterior part, and said external device also comprises a light source emitting light towards the light reception surface that is positioned at the opening of the end part covered and surrounded by the cover surface; and, the light guide connector part includes, on the light reception surface side of the end part of the exterior part, a contact part that contacts the cover surface when the light guide connector part is in contact with the connector reception part, and, a non-contact part that is provided sandwiching the contact part and that is separated from the cover surface.
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Inventors:
SHIROTA YUTAKA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/000975
Publication Date:
July 23, 2020
Filing Date:
January 15, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61B1/06; A61B1/00
Foreign References:
| JPH03228729A | 1991-10-09 | |||
| JPS6356618A | 1988-03-11 | |||
| JPS63109969A | 1988-05-14 | |||
| US5289555A | 1994-02-22 | |||
| JPH11183808A | 1999-07-09 | |||
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| JPH02132406A | 1990-05-21 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITOH-SHIN PATENT OFFICE (JP)
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