IP Library Granted Patent US 8,182,416
Granted Patent B1
US 8,182,416 · App. 13/196,373 · Granted May 22, 2012

Endoscopic device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,182,416
App. No.
13/196,373
Granted
May 22, 2012
Kind
B1
Abstract

An endoscope includes an insert portion, a display portion, a manipulation portion, a casing that houses the display portion and the manipulation portion at a front side, and to which the insert portion is connected at a back side, and a battery. The casing has an upper portion in which the display portion is housed and a lower portion in which the manipulation portion is housed. At least a portion of a back side of the lower portion is convex. The insert portion is connected to the convex portion of the back side of the lower portion at a position such that the insert portion extends between fingers of a single hand when a user holds the lower portion. And an opening for inserting and removing the battery is provided in a back side of the upper portion.

Claims (20)

1. An endoscope comprising:

a long flexible insert portion which has an imaging device on a tip thereof;

a display portion which displays an image obtained by the imaging device;

a manipulation portion for bending the insert portion;

a casing which houses the display portion and the manipulation portion at a front side, and to which the insert portion is connected at a back side; and

a battery which supplies electricity to the display portion, wherein the casing has an upper portion in which the display portion is housed and a lower portion in which the manipulation portion is housed,

wherein the lower portion has a front side at which the manipulation portion is provided and a back side opposite from the front side, wherein at least a portion of the back side of the lower portion is convex, and wherein the back side includes a first finger grip portion and a second finger grip portion,

wherein the lower portion is adapted to be held by a single hand of a user, wherein the insert portion is coaxial with the manipulation portion and is connected to the convex portion of the back side of the lower portion between the first finger grip portion and the second finger grip portion such that the insert portion extends between fingers of the single hand when the user holds the lower portion,

and wherein an opening for inserting and removing the battery is provided in a back side of the upper portion.

2. An endoscope comprising:

a long flexible insert portion which has an imaging device on a tip thereof;

a display portion which displays an image obtained by the imaging device;

a manipulation portion for bending the insert portion;

a casing which houses the display portion and the manipulation portion at a front side, and to which the insert portion is connected at a back side; and

a battery which supplies electricity to the display portion,

wherein the casing has an upper portion in which the display portion is housed and a lower portion in which the manipulation portion and a bending mechanism which bends the insert portion are housed,

wherein the lower portion has a front side at which the manipulation portion is provided and a back side opposite from the front side, and wherein the back side includes a first finger grip portion and a second finger grip portion,

wherein the lower portion is adapted to be held by a single hand of a user,

wherein the insert portion is coaxial with the manipulation portion and is connected to the lower portion between the first finger grip portion and the second finger grip portion such that the insert portion extends between fingers of the single hand when the user holds the lower portion, and

wherein an opening for inserting and removing the battery is provided in a back side of the upper portion.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: EVIDENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062492/0267 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2011
From: HOSAKA, YOICHI; ISHIKAWA, YOSHIHISA
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026688/0285 →