Patent ID: 8840544
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
1. An endoscope apparatus comprising: an insertion part which has an imaging mechanism at a distal end portion and which is bendable and elongated; a display part which displays an image acquired by the imaging mechanism; a manipulating part which performs curving manipulation of the insertion part; a housing to which the display part and the manipulating part are provided at a front face, and to which the insertion part is connected at a back face opposite to the front face; and a self-supporting auxiliary member that has a ground contact face and is coupled to a proximal end portion of the insertion part that is connected to the back face of the housing, wherein the housing is capable of being self-supported on a horizontal surface in an upside-down state in which an edge of the back face at the display part and the ground contact face of the self-supporting auxiliary member contact the horizontal surface, wherein in the upside-down state, the manipulating part is above the display part, and wherein when a user performs a predetermined manipulation input, a display mode of the display part is switched from a standard mode to an inverted mode corresponding to a manipulation in the upside-down state.