PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a scanning width and further reduce the influence of body movement, without increasing burden on a patient during the endoscope insertion.SOLUTION: A living body pressing board 41 and an optical probe 50 are each inserted into a treatment device channel 31 formed in the insertion part of the endoscope 1. The combined size (length) of the thickness of the living body pressing board 41 and the diameter of the optical probe 50 is greater than the inside diameter of the treatment device channel 31. The living body pressing board 41 and the optical probe 50 are not inserted into the treatment device channel 31 together (one on top of the other). Instead, they are inserted thereinto separately with different timings. This makes it possible to guide the living body pressing board 41 into a body through the treatment device channel 31 and also guide the optical probe 50 into the body through this treatment device channel 31. With the optical probe 50 placed on the living body pressing board 41, scanning is carried out using the optical probe 50.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】内視鏡挿入時の患者への負担を増やすことなく,スキャン幅を拡大し,さらに体動の影響を低減する。【解決手段】内視鏡1の挿入部に形成された処置具チャネル31に,生体押え台41および光プローブ50がそれぞれ挿入される。生体押え台41の厚さと光プローブ50の直径を加えた寸法(長さ)は処置具チャネル31の内径よりも大きい。生体押え台41と光プローブ50を一緒に(重ね合わせて)処置具チャネル31に挿入するのではなく,挿入のタイミングをずらしてそれぞれ挿入することで,生体押え台41を処置具チャネル31を通して体内に導くことができ,かつ光プローブ50も処置具チャネル31を通して体内に導くことができる。生体押え台41上に光プローブ50が載置された状態で光プローブ50によるスキャンが行われる。【選択図】図3
