Title:
BENDING ENDOSCOPE TUBE, ENDOSCOPE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BENDING ENDOSCOPE TUBE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/159619
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A bending endoscope tube (40), which is provided inside the bending part (12) of the inserted section (2) of an endoscope (1) and which has multiple bending pieces (23, 24, 24a, 24b, 25) that are covered by a flexible tube, is furnished with: a bending piece (23) that is at the tip end and is connected to the leading end (11) of the inserted section (2); a bending piece (25) that is at the base end and is connected to a flexible tube part (13) of the inserted section (2); and a net-like tube (28), which covers the outside of multiple bending pieces (24, 24a, 24b) excluding the bending piece (23) that is at the tip end and the bending piece (25) that is at the base end and which is fixed to the first bending piece (24a), the leading end portion of which is connected to the bending piece (23) that is at the tip end, and fixed to the second bending piece (24b), the base end portion of which is connected to the bending piece (25) that is at the base end.
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Inventors:
OKANIWA SUGURU (JP)
WATANABE TAKANORI
WATANABE TAKANORI
Application Number:
PCT/JP2015/057464
Publication Date:
October 22, 2015
Filing Date:
March 13, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61B1/00; G02B23/24
Foreign References:
| JP2003126024A | 2003-05-07 | |||
| JPS62114525A | 1987-05-26 | |||
| JPH0363025A | 1991-03-19 | |||
| JPH09201328A | 1997-08-05 | |||
| JPH09276210A | 1997-10-28 | |||
| JPH0523290A | 1993-02-02 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITOH SUSUMU (JP)
Susumu Ito (JP)
Susumu Ito (JP)
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