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ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS

  • US 20110295070A1
  • Filed: 05/24/2011
  • Published: 12/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An endoscope apparatus equipped with an endoscope including an object lens, a distal end portion and a handling section, a heat-producing device being incorporated into the distal end portion, the endoscope apparatus comprising:

  • a cleaning system which transiently discharges a cleaning liquid toward the object lens to clean the object lens;

    a cooling system which refluxes a coolant in the distal end portion to cool the heat-producing device;

    a liquid sending system, installed outside the endoscope, for supplying the cleaning liquid and the coolant; and

    a liquid-sending pressurizing system shared between the cleaning liquid and the coolant.

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