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. 2020 Jun 20;23(6):436–439. [Article in Chinese] doi: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2020.102.09

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支气管镜的发展历程

Development process of bronchoscope

Time Personage Event Remarks
1897 Gustav Killian[11] Father of bronchoscope First report of using esophagoscope to remove airway foreign body
1899 Chevalier Jackson[12] Father of tracheoesophagology Improvement of traditional rigid bronchoscope and establishment of standardized operation procedure
1950s Broyles et al[13] Birth of therapeutic tracheoscope Improve lens and rotation angle
1965 Anderson et al[14] First bronchoscopic lung biopsy Diagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma by rigid bronchoscope
1968 Shigeto Ikeda[15] Birth of fibrobronchoscope Milestones in the history of bronchoscope
1970 Shigeto Ikeda Olympus promoted the production of fibrobronchoscope, and the atlas of fiberoptic bronchoscope came out
1974 Shigeto Ikeda World Association of Bronchus, First Congress of Bronchus
1983 Welch Allyn company[16] Electronic camera endoscopy Ashahi-Pentax then launched an electronic bronchoscope