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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2022
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Harada, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a method of molding an elevator and an endoscope, the method making it possible to mold an elevator integrally with an operation wire with a simple operation. A method of molding an elevator () is a method of molding an elevator () integrally with an operation wire (), the elevator () being to be disposed in a distal-end-portion body () of an endoscope (). The method includes: a step of disposing the operation wire () to extend through a cavity (), which is formed by a first die () and a second die () that are separable in a separation direction, in a state in which the first die () and the second die () are mated to each other and in which the separation direction and a wire-axis direction of the operation wire () coincide with each other; a step of integrally molding the elevator () and the operation wire () by injecting a molding material (), which is a material of the elevator (), into the cavity (); and a step of separating the first die () and the second die () in the separation direction after molding the elevator.