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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Anh Minh Do, Munich, DE;
Wolfgang Mayer, Friedberg, DE;
Assignee:
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0056 (2013.01); A61B 1/00071 (2013.01); A61B 1/00078 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an endoscope including a flexible insertion tube and a bending portion controllable from a proximal side and being distally connected to the insertion tube, wherein in the bending portion a pull rope runs for a pivoting movement of the bending portion, the pull rope being anchored to the distal end of the bending portion, and wherein a biased elastic element is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the bending portion in parallel to the pull rope.