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Jul 01, 1925 Tokyo, Japan Died on 25 Dec 2001 (aged 76)
Japanese physician
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About Shigeto Ikeda
- Shigeto Ikeda (?? ??, Ikeda Shigeto, 1925 - 2001) was a Japanese physician, regarded as the "father" of fiberoptic bronchoscopy.
- He graduated from Keio University 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".
