Title:
ENDOSCOPE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/155066
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is an endoscope wherein the degree of freedom of arrangement of a light guide and the like is improved by reducing the diameter of an end portion of a cable assembly and wherein the effects of bending can be reduced. This endoscope has, at a distal end of an insertion part, an imaging device 100 comprising: an imaging element 21; a mounting substrate 30 disposed behind the imaging element 21 and electrically connected to the imaging element 21; a cable assembly 40 comprising a plurality of cables 41 and a collective cover 44 for collectively covering the plurality of cables 41; and a heat-shrinkable tube 50 for directly covering the mounting substrate 30, parts for connection with the plurality of cables 41, and an exposed outer circumferential side of the plurality of cables 41 from which the overall cover 44 is removed. The endoscope is characterized in that the heat-shrinkable tube 50 directly covers the exposed outer circumferential side of the plurality of cables 41 from which the overall cover 44 is removed.
Inventors:
SATAKE NAU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/002356
Publication Date:
August 30, 2018
Filing Date:
January 25, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61B1/04; G02B23/24
Foreign References:
US5754313A | 1998-05-19 | |||
JP2003001806A | 2003-01-08 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SAKAI INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE (JP)
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