Medical instrument
US8088065B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/00283
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical instrument includes an image pickup section incorporated in a medical instrument body and movably provided in the medical instrument body that picks up an image of the object to be examined from an observation window, a covering section movably provided at the medical instrument body so as to cover the observation window and in which an opening portion is formed, a drive section that drives the covering section or the image pickup section, and a control section that controls the drive section so as to drive the covering section or the image pickup section by synchronizing a timing for the image pickup section to pick up the object image with a timing at which the opening portion and the observation window match, and can thereby prevent sticking of deposits to the observation window and obtain a clear observation image.
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