ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ENDOSCOPE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope configured to be produced further simply while reducing the diameter of the endoscope.SOLUTION: The endoscope includes: a cylindrical lens barrel 15 in which a lens for forming image of incident light is stored; an optical member holder 16 provided with a barrel hole for storing the lens barrel 15; and an imaging device 17 mounted to close one end of the optical member holder 16. The optical member holder 16 includes a gap 19a for communicating the inside and the outside of the optical member holder 16, formed between the optical member holder 16 and the imaging device 17, with the imaging device 17 mounted thereon.