US 12,127,732 B2
Distal end unit for endoscope and endoscope
Takuro Horibe, Funabashi (JP); Hiroyuki Motohara, Hachioji (JP); and Kenjiro Kanno, Komagane (JP)
Assigned to OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/495,204.
Application 17/495,204 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/017182, filed on Apr. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022733 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/051 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00018 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A distal end unit for use with an endoscope, the distal end unit comprising:
an electronic module including an optical system and an electrode;
a substrate comprising:
a first connection portion including a first connection land electrically connected to the electrode; and
a second connection portion provided proximally relative to the first connection portion, the second connection portion including a second connection land on which an electronic component is mounted;
a holding frame holding the electronic module and the substrate, the holding frame comprising:
an arm member; and
a claw disposed at a distal end of the arm member, the claw configured to hold the optical system; and
a distal end frame body, on which the electronic module, the substrate and the holding frame are mounted;
wherein the second connection portion extends proximally in a longitudinal axis direction of the distal end frame body.