Patent ID: 8258457
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
1. A scanning endoscope comprising: a light transmitter that transmits light received at a first incident end to a first emission end, the light transmitter emitting a beam of the light exiting the first emission end, the light transmitter being flexible, a direction toward the first emission end along a longitudinal direction of the light transmitter being a first direction; an actuator that is mounted near the first emission end, the actuator bending the light transmitter in a second direction by pushing a side of the light transmitter in the second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction; and a force transmitter that is oriented lengthwise in the first direction, the force transmitter being elastic, the force transmitter being positioned between the light transmitter and the actuator, the force transmitter exerting a pushing force supplied by the actuator on the side of the light transmitter while the force transmitter is deformed elastically toward the first direction.