was a
Japanese physician, regarded as the "father" of fiberoptic
bronchoscopy.
He graduated from
Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword
, type = Private research coeducational higher education institution
, established = 1858
, founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa
, endowmen ...
School of Medicine in 1952 and joined the Thoracic Surgery department. In 1966, he developed the first flexible bronchoscope in conjunction with Machida Endoscope Co. Ltd (later taken over by
Pentax) and
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. This allowed better visualisation of the upper lobe
bronchi than is possible with the rigid bronchoscope. Successive improvements under his supervision included the development of video-bronchoscopy.
His motto was "there is more hope with the bronchoscope".
References
1925 births
2001 deaths
Japanese thoracic surgeons
20th-century surgeons
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