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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2022
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Wolfgang Mayer, Friedberg, DE;
Anh Minh Do, Munich, DE;
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope including an endoscope head having a housing, an examination supporting member on the distal end of the housing, and a working channel extending in the endoscope head, the working channel being formed in a hose-like or tubular working channel member and in the housing which is provided distally from the working channel member, wherein the housing has a working channel member receiving surface that faces the working channel member. On the proximal side of the working channel member receiving surface of the housing, the examination supporting member faces, in the radial direction of the working channel, a peripheral portion of the working channel member via a free space.