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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hidetoshi Saito, Hanno, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00078 (2013.01); A61B 1/0051 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope includes: a coil spring which is helically wound around an outer periphery of a treatment instrument channel disposed in an insertion section, the coil spring including a distal end which is fixed to the insertion section on a distal end portion side with respect to a bending portion; and a slide member disposed on a proximal end side of the coil spring, the slide member provided for applying an operation force for deforming the coil spring so as to increase a bending strength of at least a portion of the coil spring corresponding to the inside of the bending portion.