PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent disconnection between a circuit board and a signal wiring line in an endoscope apparatus in which an imaging element and the circuit board to which the imaging element is connected are provided inside a distal end of an insertion part.SOLUTION: In the endoscope apparatus including an insertion part 11 to be inserted into a body, an imaging element 39, a circuit board 40 electrically connected to the imaging element 39 and arranged parallel to the longitudinal direction of the insertion part 11, and a signal wiring line 42 electrically connected to the circuit board 40 and extending in the longitudinal direction are provided within the insertion part 11, a connecting portion between the circuit board 40 and the signal wiring line 42 is provided with an easing member 50 that eases force applied to the connecting portion.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】挿入部の先端内部に撮像素子およびその撮像素子が接続される回路基板が設けられた内視鏡装置において、回路基板と信号配線との断線を防止する。【解決手段】体内に挿入される挿入部11を備え、撮像素子39と該撮像素子39と電気的に接続され挿入部11の長手方向に平行に配置された回路基板40と該回路基板40に電気的に接続され上記長手方向に延設された信号配線42とが挿入部11内に設けられた内視鏡装置において、回路基板40と信号配線42との接続部分に、該接続部分にかかる力を緩和する緩和部材50を設ける。【選択図】図6
