PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope holding device which can stably hold an endoscope in a body cavity even if the body cavity has a complicated shape like a nasal cavity for example.SOLUTION: The endoscope holding device 10 includes a holding member 11 formed into a tube and capable of holding an endoscope insertion portion 21 inserted into the interior, and a holding member fixing balloon 12 arranged on the outside periphery of the holding member 11 and expanding and contracting in the radial direction of the holding member 11. The endoscope holding device 10 permits the holding member 11 to hold the holding member fixing balloon 12 by expanding the holding member fixing balloon 12 in the body cavity.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】例えば鼻腔のように複雑な形状においても、体腔内に内視鏡を安定的に保持することができる内視鏡保持装置を提供する。【解決手段】管状に形成され、内部に挿入された内視鏡挿入部21を保持可能な保持部材11と、保持部材11の外周面に配置され、保持部材11の径方向に拡張および収縮する保持部材固定用バルーン12とを備え、保持部材11が、保持部材固定用バルーン12を体腔内において拡張させることで体腔壁面に固定可能である内視鏡保持装置10を採用する。【選択図】図1
