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Endoscope with an obtusely angled connecting section

  • US 4,616,630 A
  • Filed: 08/16/1985
  • Issued: 10/14/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An endoscope wherein a solid state imaging device is provided in the forward end of an insertion section and an object of interest is displayed on a display screen in response to a video signal obtained from said solid state imaging device, characterized in that a main body of control section of said endoscope comprises:

  • an elongate grip section grasped at least by a third finger and a little finger; and

    a connecting section projecting obliquely downwardly from the front surface of the bottom end portion of said grip section, having a center axis A making an obtuse angle θ

    (90°

    <

    θ

    <

    180°

    ) with a center axis B of said grip section B and being connected to the rear end of said insertion section on the same axial line.

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