Patent ID: 8795160

Claim:
An endoscope apparatus comprising: an insertion part which has an imaging mechanism at a distal end portion and which is bendable and elongated; a display part which displays an image acquired by the imaging mechanism; a manipulating part which has a swinging body and which performs curving manipulation of the insertion part; and a housing provided with the display part and the manipulating part at a front face thereof, and to which the insertion part is connected at a back face opposite to the front face; wherein the housing includes an upper portion provided with the display part, and a lower portion provided with the manipulating part and having the insertion part connected thereto; wherein a back face of the lower portion of the housing includes (i) a first finger grip portion which extends from a position above the insertion part toward a proximal end portion of the insertion part, such that the first finger grip portion extends rearward and downward from the position above the insertion part, and (ii) a second finger grip portion which extends from a position below the insertion part toward the proximal end portion of the insertion part such that the second finger grip portion extends rearward and upward from the position below the insertion part; wherein the first finger grip portion, which is provided above the proximal end portion of the insertion part, includes a first finger grip and a second finger grip; wherein the second finger grip is provided between the first finger grip and the proximal end portion of the insertion part, such that the second finger grip is provided below the first finger grip in a vertical direction, and the proximal end portion of the insertion part is provided below the second finger grip in the vertical direction; wherein the second finger grip portion has a first holding face and a second holding face that respectively incline toward right and left ends of the housing in a right-and-left direction of the housing; and wherein the housing is configured to be held such that (i) a thumb of one hand of a user is positioned at a distal end portion of the swinging body, (ii) first and second other fingers of the one hand of the user are arranged respectively at the first finger grip and the second finger grip of the first finger grip portion, (iii) third and fourth other fingers of the one hand of the user are arranged at the second finger grip portion, and (iv) the thumb and the other fingers face each other.