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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Seiji Sakai, Chofu, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/04 (2021.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); A61B 1/009 (2022.02); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00128 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); G02B 7/04 (2013.01); G02B 23/243 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope has a configuration in which a wire guide tube is configured as a tube consecutively formed of polyetheretherketone from one end side to another end side, an opening penetrating is provided in a radial direction at part of a wall portion of a second coupling member into which an end part of the wire guide tube is inserted, a concave portion corresponding to the opening is provided at an outer peripheral surface of the end part of the wire guide tube, and a bonding agent integrally fills the opening and the concave portion to connect the wire guide tube and a coupling portion (the second coupling member).