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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); F16L 11/10 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); F16L 11/16 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/10 (2013.01); A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00078 (2013.01); A61M 25/0053 (2013.01); F16L 11/16 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00305 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible tube includes an envelope, a spiral tube and a built-in component. The spiral tube includes a first area portion and a second area portion. The spiral tube is under an initial tension throughout the overall length, and the built-in component includes a supplement area portion which supplements the elasticity of the spiral tube.