ROTARY SELF-PROPELLED ENDOSCOPE DEVICE

摘要

A rotary self-propelled endoscope device (1) having an elongated insertion section (2) that has a distal end section (11) with an imaging means (22) on its distal end side and is inserted into a subject; a propulsion force generation section (12) that has a contacting section (12a) at its distal end, forms the outer peripheral surface of the insertion section, and is rotatable relative to the distal end section about the longitudinal axis; a rotation device (3) that rotates the propulsion force generation section; a propulsion force receiving section (11a) that is provided at the proximal end of the distal end section and has a contacted section (11b) with which the contacting section of the propulsion force generation section is in contact; and a reception section (16) that receives both the contacting section of the propulsion force generation section and the contacted section of the propulsion force receiving section.