Patent ID: 8475359
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical apparatus used in a state in which the medical apparatus is led into a body and fixed, the medical apparatus comprising: an image pickup section that picks up an image of a subject in the body and is provided pivotably around a first axis; a holding section that holds the image pickup section pivotably around a second axis different from the first axis; a coupling section that couples the image pickup section with the holding section, holds the image pickup section pivotably around the first axis, and holds the image pickup section pivotably around the second axis with respect to the holding section; a fixing section that is connected with a tube member that is inserted and fixed in an external device set on a surface of the body, the fixing section placing and fixing the holding section on a body wall in the body; an operation wire that is inserted and arranged in the tube member, the operation wire operating the image pickup section pivotally held to the coupling section around the first axis from outside the body; and an operation grasping section that is disposed to the holding section and grasped when the medical apparatus is led into the body, the operation grasping section being operated to cause the coupling section to pivot around the second axis from inside the body.