Patent ID: 7946993
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic endoscope comprising: an insertion portion including; an angle portion; a hard distal portion coupled to the angle portion; an endoscopic observation unit comprising a lighting portion and an observation portion, the endoscopic observation unit being located at the hard distal portion; and an ultrasonic test unit comprising an ultrasonic transducer constituting an ultrasonic test unit, the ultrasonic test unit being located at the hard distal portion, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is located at a tip end of the hard distal portion, the hard distal portion comprises a sloping face that is obliquely tilted from a portion whereat the ultrasonic transducer is attached to a base end of the hard distal portion, and the endoscopic observation unit is attached to the sloping face, the hard distal portion further including, the hard distal portion including, the distal end main body, the observation portion block and the elevator block of the hard distal portion are reversibly assembled.