Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman, Langer & Chick
Device for bending the insertion section of an endoscope
 A device to be incorporated in the housing of the operation section of an endoscope, for operating a bending mechanism incorporated in the insertion section of the endoscope, comprises an operation shaft and a holder. The operation shaft has a distal end connected to the bending mechanism and a proximal end portion projecting from an operation section of the endoscope. The holder is mounted on a distal end portion of the operation shaft and comprises an upper and lower cover which are joined together and which define an outside surface and a hollow cylindrical space around the operation shaft. The upper and lower covers abut each other to form an interface on the outside surface. 
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
A A
A61M A61B
inventional inventional
Takayuki Hideo Masaaki Koji Yasuhito Hisao
Yokota Ito Nakazawa Nakamoto Kura Yabe