Endoscope cover attaching apparatus
First Claim
1. A combination of an endoscope, an endoscope cover and an endoscope cover attaching apparatus, comprising:
- a cover holding stage for holding an endoscope cover in a straight line, said endoscope cover including an insertion part cover for covering an insertion part of said endoscope, and an insertion part inlet aperture located at an end of said insertion part cover near a hand operation position, wherein a tube is disposed in said endoscope cover;
an operation part holding stage for holding an operation part of said endoscope, said endoscope including said insertion part in which an observation optical system is disposed, and said operation part which also serves as a grip of said endoscope;
rotation means for adjusting a rotational position of said operation part of said endoscope relative to a rotational position of said insertion part inlet aperture of said endoscope cover, wherein said rotation means is disposed on at least one of said operation part holding stage and said cover holding stage; and
wherein said cover holding stage is slanted at an angle greater than 90°
relative to a vertical direction, in such a manner that said insertion part does not come to a position higher than said operation part.
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Abstract
There is disclosed an endoscope cover attaching apparatus including: a cover holding stage for holding an endoscope cover in the form of a straight line, the endoscope cover including an insertion part cover for covering the insertion part of an endoscope, and an insertion part inlet aperture located at an end of said insertion part cover near a hand operation position, wherein a tube is disposed in said endoscope cover; an operation part holding stage for holding the operation part of the endoscope, the endoscope including the insertion part in which an observation optical system is disposed, and the operation part which also serves as a grip of the endoscope; and rotation means for adjusting the rotational position of the operation part of the endoscope relative to the rotational position of the insertion part inlet aperture of the endoscope cover, wherein the rotation means is disposed at least either on the operation part holding stage or on the cover holding stage.
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1. A combination of an endoscope, an endoscope cover and an endoscope cover attaching apparatus, comprising:
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a cover holding stage for holding an endoscope cover in a straight line, said endoscope cover including an insertion part cover for covering an insertion part of said endoscope, and an insertion part inlet aperture located at an end of said insertion part cover near a hand operation position, wherein a tube is disposed in said endoscope cover; an operation part holding stage for holding an operation part of said endoscope, said endoscope including said insertion part in which an observation optical system is disposed, and said operation part which also serves as a grip of said endoscope; rotation means for adjusting a rotational position of said operation part of said endoscope relative to a rotational position of said insertion part inlet aperture of said endoscope cover, wherein said rotation means is disposed on at least one of said operation part holding stage and said cover holding stage; and wherein said cover holding stage is slanted at an angle greater than 90°
relative to a vertical direction, in such a manner that said insertion part does not come to a position higher than said operation part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 41, 42)
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19. A combination of an endoscope, a endoscope cover and an endoscope cover attaching apparatus, comprising:
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an operation part holding stage having means for holding an operation part of said endoscope at a variable angle between a longitudinal axis of said operation part and a vertical direction, said endoscope including an insertion part in which an observation optical system is disposed, and said operation part which also serves as a grip of said endoscope; and a cover holding stage having means for holding said endoscope cover at a variable angle between a longitudinal axis of said endoscope cover and said vertical direction, said endoscope cover including an insertion part cover means for covering an insertion part of said endoscope, and an insertion part inlet aperture located at an end of said insertion part cover means near a hand operation position, wherein a tube is disposed in said endoscope cover. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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