Patent ID: 8821381

Claim:
An electronic endoscope comprising: an image pickup apparatus having a distal end and a proximal end that define a longitudinal axis of the image pickup apparatus, the image pickup apparatus comprising: an objective lens unit comprising: an objective lens for forming an image of light from an object; and an objective lens frame for holding the objective lens; and an image pickup device unit comprising: a solid-state image pickup device arranged at an image forming position of the objective lens; and a holding frame for holding the solid-state image pickup device; a distal end member provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion of the electronic endoscope, wherein the distal end member comprises a housing portion for housing the image pickup apparatus; and an adjusting member provided between the housing portion of the distal end member and the image pickup apparatus, wherein the adjusting member is configured to hold the image pickup apparatus and is configured to be fixed in the housing portion, wherein the adjusting member is separable from the image pickup apparatus, wherein the adjusting member comprises: a fitting portion shape adjusting member for holding at least one of the objective lens unit and the image pickup device unit in the housing portion, and for positioning the image pickup apparatus at a predetermined position in the housing portion by fitting into an outer peripheral of the image pickup apparatus and fitting to inside of the housing portion, an external shape adjusting member for surrounding the outer peripheral of the image pickup apparatus and making a clearance between the housing portion and the image pickup apparatus a predetermined width, and an adhesive for fixing the image pickup apparatus in the housing portion, the adhesive being filled between the housing portion and the external shape adjusting member, and wherein the adjusting member is separated into a plurality of members including the fitting portion shape adjusting member and the external shape adjusting member, and the external shape adjusting member comprises a plurality of members separated by at least one plane substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the image pickup apparatus.