Patent ID: 7179223

Claim:
An endoscope apparatus comprising: an endoscope body that has an elongated insert portion having flexibility and capable of being inserted into a space which is a target of inspection; a remote controller having a flexibly bending operation portion which operates a flexibly bending portion provided at the insert portion to be flexibly bent; a manipulating device inserting channel which communicates between a distal opening end that opens at a distal end side of the insert portion of the endoscope body and a proximal opening end that opens at a proximal end of the insert portion of the endoscope body; and a linking portion which detachably links the remote controller and a peripheral portion at the proximal opening end of the manipulating device inserting channel without completely surrounding the endoscope body, wherein the linking portion disposes the proximal opening end of the manipulating device inserting channel at a position which does not interfere with an operating region of the flexibly bending operation portion in the remote controller in a state in which a link is established between the remote controller and the peripheral portion of the proximal opening end.