Patent ID: 6135947
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus which readily indicates whether a lamp is turned on or off by the outside appearance thereof, comprising:an endoscope having a light guide fiber for guiding illumination light and an endoscope control section; anda battery-powered light source detachably mounted on the endoscope, the battery-powered light source having a battery accommodating unit for accommodating a battery, the battery accommodating unit being rotatable with respect to the endoscope control section between a first position in which a longitudinal axis of the battery accommodating unit and a longitudinal axis of the endoscope control section are parallel with each other and a second position in which a longitudinal axis of the battery accommodating unit is at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the endoscope control section, in one of the first and second positions, a lamp being turned on and, in the other of the first and second positions, the lamp being turned off.