摘要 |
<p>An operating apparatus of an endoscope which is provided with a flexible tube inserted into a body to be examined and having a bending part at a distal end thereof and which performs work by bending the bending part according to a manual operation, comprising: a operating part provided with a rotation operating mechanism which can rotationally drive a pinion gear meshing with a rack connected to wire for bending the bending part according to manual operation of an operator, and the rotation operating mechanism has a lock mechanism which can impart braking force to the operating part of the rotation operating mechanism, wherein the lock mechanism is provided to correspond to each of a horizontal-directional rotation operating part and a vertical-directional rotation operating part.</p> |