Patent ID: 7128709

Claim:
An endoscope apparatus comprising: a scope unit including: an insertion portion to be inserted in an inspection object space, an observation unit for observation disposed in a tip end of the insertion portion, a curved portion which bends the tip end of the insertion portion in an arbitrary direction, and a base unit connected to a base end of the insertion portion; and a fixed unit to which the base unit is detachably connected, wherein at least one of a connector on the side of the base unit and a connector on the side of the fixed unit in a connector portion disposed in a detachable portion of the base unit and the fixed unit is a movable connector, which is movable in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the movable connector, and the detachable portion includes a positioning section for performing positioning which enables the connector on the side of the fixed connector and the connector on the side of the base unit to be connected to each other, wherein the scope unit includes an angle driving section which bends the curved portion, and wherein the fixed unit includes a lamp which supplies light to the insertion portion, a power supply unit, a monitor in which a photographed image is displayed, an operation remote controller which operates each constituting portion disposed in the scope unit, and a recording unit which records photographed image data or information on the image data, the scope unit further comprising an angle control circuit which controls the angle driving section, and a camera control unit which controls the observation unit.