Patent ID: 11963662
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A channel unit for use with an endoscope, the channel unit comprising:
an elongated conduit configured to extend in a longitudinal direction;
a distal mount configured to be fixed to a distal end side of an insertion portion of the endoscope; and
a flexible elongated connection member having a first end connected to the distal mount and a second end connected to a distal end of the conduit, the first end of the connection member and the second end of the connection member being separated from each other in the longitudinal direction such that the second end of the connection member is at least movable longitudinally relative to the distal mount, wherein
the distal end of the counduit is at least movable longitudinally relative to the distal mount between a first state and a second state such that,
in the first state, the second end of the connection member is proximal to a distal end of the distal mount; and
in the second state, the second end of the connection member is distal to the distal end of the distal mount.