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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takanori Sekido, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/16 (2013.01); A61B 1/00073 (2013.01); A61B 1/005 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); B29C 66/7332 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscopic bendable tube includes: an integrally formed resin tube; at least two wires embedded in a tube wall of the resin tube from a proximal end side to a distal end side of the resin tube, the at least two wires being parallel to a tube axis direction of the resin tube and being at positions facing each other; and a plurality of pairs of through slits formed in the tube wall of the resin tube in the tube axis direction, each pair of through slits being formed facing each other in the tube wall of the resin tube.