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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2024
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Keita Mitsuhashi, Hachioji, JP;
Wataru Matsuura, Fuchu, JP;
Motohiko Suzuki, Sagamihara, JP;
Takuto Yoshinaga, Hino, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to provide an endoscope that can reduce imbalance in shrinkage of an insertion portion and imbalance in slackening of bending wires even if a sterilization process involving heating is performed with respect to the endoscope stored in a container or the like while achieving the downsizing of a storage form used to store the endoscope in the container or the like, the endoscope package system includes an endoscope, the endoscope includes: a flexible insertion portion; in a length direction of the flexible insertion portion, the flexible insertion portion has a shape that includes a first winding direction and a second winding direction, the first winding direction is different from the second winding direction.