Mutsuo Sugimura (杉浦 睦夫, Sugiura Mutsuo, March 13, 1918 – August 26, 1986) was a Japanese engineer famous for being the first to develop a Gastro-camera (a present-day Esophagogastroduodenoscope).
His story was illustrated in the NHK TV documentary feature, "Project X: Challengers: The Development of a Gastro-camera Wholly Made in Japan".
Sugiura graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University in 1938 and then joined Olympus Corporation.
While working at this company, he first developed an Esophagogastroduodenoscope in 1950.
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