Endoscope

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12075971-B2
Application number	US-202217705400-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2022
Priority date	Mar 29, 2021
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

There is provided an endoscope that allows treatment, which uses treatment tools, to be performed accurately.
An observation window is mainly disposed in a nearby region, a first treatment tool outlet port is mainly disposed in a fourth quadrant, a second treatment tool outlet port is mainly disposed in a third quadrant, and an upper end position of the second treatment tool outlet port is disposed above an upper end position of the first treatment tool outlet port.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An endoscope comprising:
an observation window that is provided on a distal end surface of an insertion unit bendable in an up/down direction and a left/right direction and is used to observe an inside of an object to be examined;
a first treatment tool outlet port which is provided on the distal end surface and out of which a first treatment tool is capable of being led; and
a second treatment tool outlet port which is provided on the distal end surface and out of which a second treatment tool is capable of being led,
wherein as the distal end surface is viewed from a front, a first axis and a second axis passing through a center of the distal end surface are orthogonal to each other, the first axis is parallel to the left/right direction, the second axis is parallel to the up/down direction, and an upper right divided region is defined as a first quadrant, an upper left divided region is defined as a second quadrant, a lower left divided region is defined as a third quadrant, and a lower right divided region is defined as a fourth quadrant among four divided regions into which the distal end surface is divided by the first axis and the second axis, a center of the observation window is disposed in the first quadrant and below an intermediate position between the center of the distal end surface and an upper end of the distal end surface in a direction of the second axis, a center of the first treatment tool outlet port is disposed in the fourth quadrant, a center of the second treatment tool outlet port is disposed in the third quadrant, and an upper end position of the second treatment tool outlet port in the direction of the second axis is disposed above an upper end position of the first treatment tool outlet port and below the first axis in the direction of the second axis,
wherein a distance between the center of the observation window and the center of the second treatment tool outlet port is longer than a distance between the center of the observation window and the center of the first treatment tool outlet port.

2. The endoscope according to claim 1 ,
wherein the observation window is disposed in a center-side region that is a region closer to the center of the distal end surface than an outer periphery of the distal end surface.

3. The endoscope according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second treatment tool outlet port has a diameter larger than a diameter of the first treatment tool outlet port.

4. The endoscope according to claim 1 ,
wherein a front water supply port, which jets liquid to a portion to be observed in the object to be examined, is provided on the distal end surface, and
in the direction of the second axis, a center of the front water supply port is disposed between the center of the observation window and the center of the first treatment tool outlet port.

5. The endoscope according to claim 4 ,
wherein the front water supply port is disposed on a side opposite to the center of the distal end surface with respect to a line connecting the center of the observation window to the center of the first treatment tool outlet port.

6. The endoscope according to claim 5 ,
wherein the front water supply port is disposed in the fourth quadrant.

7. The endoscope according to claim 1 ,
wherein an air/water supply nozzle is provided in the second quadrant.

8. The endoscope according to claim 1 ,
wherein the distal end surface includes a first illumination window and a second illumination window,
each of the first illumination window and the second illumination window is disposed on a side opposite to the center of the distal end surface with respect to the observation window, and
a first region, which is surrounded by straight lines connecting the center of the observation window to centers of the first and second illumination windows, and a second region, which is surrounded by straight lines connecting the center of the observation window to the centers of the first and second treatment tool outlet ports, do not overlap with each other.

9. The endoscope according to claim 8 ,
wherein a front water supply port, which jets liquid to a portion to be observed in the object to be examined, is provided on the distal end surface,
the distal end surface includes a first surface and a second surface that protrudes in a direction toward a distal end of the insertion unit from the first surface,
the front water supply port is disposed on the first surface, and
the observation window is disposed on the second surface.

10. The endoscope according to claim 9 ,
wherein the first illumination window is disposed on the second surface.

11. An endoscope comprising:
an observation window that is provided on a distal end surface of an insertion unit bendable in an up/down direction and a left/right direction and is used to observe an inside of an object to be examined;
a first treatment tool outlet port which is provided on the distal end surface and out of which a first treatment tool is capable of being led; and
a second treatment tool outlet port which is provided on the distal end surface and out of which a second treatment tool is capable of being led,
wherein as the distal end surface is viewed from a front, a first axis and a second axis passing through a center of the distal end surface are orthogonal to each other, the first axis is parallel to the left/right direction, the second axis is parallel to the up/down direction, and an upper right divided region is defined as a first quadrant, an upper left divided region is defined as a second quadrant, a lower left divided region is defined as a third quadrant, and a lower right divided region is defined as a fourth quadrant among four divided regions into which the distal end surface is divided by the first axis and the second axis, a center of the observation window is disposed in the first quadrant and below an intermediate position between the center of the distal end surface and an upper end of the distal end surface in a direction of the second axis, a center of the first treatment tool outlet port is disposed in the fourth quadrant, a center of the second treatment tool outlet port is disposed in the third quadrant, and an upper end position of the second treatment tool outlet port in the direction of the second axis is disposed above an upper end position of the first treatment tool outlet port and below the first axis in the direction of the second axis,
wherein a distance between the center of the first treatment tool outlet port and the center of the second treatment tool outlet port is longer than a distance between the center of the observation window and the center of the first treatment tool outlet port.

12. The endoscope according to claim 11 ,
wherein a front water supply port, which jets liquid to a portion to be observed in the object to be examined, is provided on the distal end surface, and
in the direction of the second axis, a center of the front water supply port is disposed between the center of the observation window and the center of the first treatment tool outlet port.

13. The endoscope according to claim 12 ,
wherein the front water supply port is disposed on a side opposite to the center of the distal end surface with respect to a line connecting the center of the observation window to the center of the first treatment tool outlet port.

14. The endoscope according to claim 13 ,
wherein the front water supply port is disposed in the fourth quadrant.

15. The endoscope according to claim 11 ,
wherein an air/water supply nozzle is provided in the second quadrant.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Kawamoto Yuta
• Takahashi Keita
• Ninomiya Kota

Classifications

• A61B1/00013

  using optical means · CPC title

• A61B1/07

  using light-conductive means, e.g. optical fibres · CPC title

• A61B1/00045

  Display arrangement · CPC title

• A61B1/126

  provided with means for cleaning in-use · CPC title

• A61B1/0051 Primary

  with controlled bending of insertion part · CPC title