Patent ID: 8267854

Claim:
An endoscope system comprising: an endoscope configured to be inserted into a body through a first trocar; a camera disposed on a body cavity inner surface for picking up an image inside the body cavity, the camera comprising: a camera body incorporating a first magnet having a north pole and a south pole, one of which is disposed on a body wall surface side, an illuminating section and an image pickup section having a wide-angle lens disposed on a front surface of the illuminating section and the image pickup section, and an elastic contact surface portion provided on a body wall surface side of the camera body having a contact surface that deforms along an irregular body surface; a camera fixing device including a device body to be disposed on a skin outside the body cavity, the device body having inside thereof a second magnet having a north pole and a south pole, wherein one of the north and the south poles of the camera attracts the other of the north and the south poles of the second magnet disposed on a body wall surface side and wherein an attractive force between the first and second magnets causes the camera in the body cavity to be fixed on the body cavity inner surface with the abdominal wall being held between the fixing device and the camera and causes the camera to be directed toward an operation range of an operation instrument inserted through a second trocar; an adhesive configuring an adhesive layer provided on an entire contact surface of the elastic contact surface portion; and a control section for controlling the image pickup section.