Title:
ENDOSCOPE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/035393
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
In a curved tube 65 which is equipped with an image pick-up cable 61 and a tubular passage 55 which are crossing symmetric built-in components and are arranged so as to cross each other in the direction of diameter of the curved tube 65, the outer periphery of the tubular passage 55 is covered with a second heat shrink tube 55d that serves as a protective member, and a portion of the second heat shrink tube 55d, which is a portion including an area in which the image pick-up cable 61 and the tubular passage 55 cross each other (i.e., a crossed area Ax), is removed. In this manner, it becomes possible to achieve good forward and backward movement of the built-in components without causing the disturbance of the arrangement of the built-in components upon the curving of the curved tube even when the built-in components cross each other in the curved tube.
Inventors:
MAKIYAMA SATOSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2015/064465
Publication Date:
March 10, 2016
Filing Date:
May 20, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61B1/00; G02B23/24
Foreign References:
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITOH SUSUMU (JP)
Susumu Ito (JP)
Susumu Ito (JP)
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