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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Anh Minh Do, Friedberg, DE;
Assignee:
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00098 (2013.01); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an insertion tube of an endoscope from a tubular element, wherein the insertion tube includes a proximal passive flexible portion and a distal deflecting portion, wherein, in the proximal passive flexible portion, cuts are provided to enable the proximal passive flexible portion to be bent. In the method, the cuts are configured in the proximal passive flexible portion such that adjacent cuts do not have the same distance. The invention further relates to an endoscope including such insertion tube.