Patent ID: 8212861
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A61B,B29C

Abstract:
1. A medical apparatus comprising: an image pickup apparatus to be introduced in a body and retained therein; a retaining/fixing section configured to contact a body wall in the body, for retaining and fixing the image pickup apparatus at the body wall; a plurality of operation wires configured to be operated from an extracorporeal side; and an observation direction control section for changing an observation direction of the image pickup apparatus by operation of the plurality of wires; wherein the observation direction control section includes: an image pickup apparatus fixing section configured to be connected to the operation wires and to contact an outer surface part of the image pickup apparatus; and a rotary section configured to support the retaining/fixing section and the image pickup apparatus fixing section so as to be separated from each other by a predetermined distance, and allow the image pickup apparatus fixing section to rotate with respect to the retaining/fixing section with a rotation center as a fulcrum, based on the operation of the plurality of operation wires.