摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope apparatus that includes a highly adaptable endoscope cooling mechanism having a shape that does not need to be changed according to the shapes of endoscopes. SOLUTION: The endoscope apparatus includes an endoscope that includes an endoscope tip member 5 at a rigid unit of a tip of the endoscope, and a cooling mechanism 10 for cooling the endoscope tip member 5. The endoscope tip member 5 includes at least an imaging element unit 6, an illuminating unit 7, and a cooling mechanism fitting unit 9. The cooling mechanism 10 is fit into the cooling mechanism fitting unit 9. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |