Patent ID: 8591398

Claim:
An endoscope device, comprising: a replaceable endoscope probe; a carriage for holding the endoscope probe and defining a first axis; a zoom unit arranged to move the carriage linearly along a rectilinear path so as to move the probe along the first axis; a tilting unit arranged to tilt the zoom unit so as to tilt the first axis and the probe about a point, the tilting unit comprising a housing with a drive member, a first arcuate member and a second arcuate member therein the first arcuate member being capable of sliding in and out from only one end of the housing, the second arcuate member being capable of sliding in and out from only one end of the first arcuate member, wherein the zoom unit is connected to one distal end of the second arcuate member remote from the first arcuate member when the second arcuate member slides out of the first arcuate member; and a rotation unit arranged to rotate the first axis and the probe about a second axis which passes through the point.