Endoscope
Granted 9 Jul 2013 · 4 office actions
Assignee: Olympus Corporation
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Inventors: Yasuo Funakoshi, Kiwamu Fujitani, To Chin, Ai Yonekura +1 · Examiner: Bridget L Eland · AU 2916 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a front, top and left…
FIG. 1 is a front, top and left side perspective view of an endoscope, showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a front, top and right side perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a left side elevational view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a partial enlarged front, top and left side perspective view thereof within the dot-dash broken line box identified as 9 in FIG. 1 ; and,
FIG. 10 is a partial enlarged front, top and right side perspective view thereof within the dot-dash broken line box identified as 10 in FIG. 2 .
The broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
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