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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Konomura, Tachikawa, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope guide tube includes a tube member including a live part, the tube member being constructed by including a tube body that makes up an outer layer and a braid that braids, into a tubular form, wound metal members and insulating members wound in a direction opposite to a winding direction of the metal members, a connection member provided with a first contact connecting ends of the metal members and a second contact connecting ends of the metal members, at least one of a first contact side conduction detection section that detects that the live part contacts the metal members and a second contact side conduction detection section, and a signal output section that outputs a notification signal to a notification section.