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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1988
Hiroyuki Umeda, Kasukabe, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Machida Seisakusho, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope comprising an operating body and an inserting portion extending therefrom. The inserting portion is provide with a bendable section which is composed of a plurality of tubular members arranged in facing relation to each other along an axis of the inserting portion. Each pair of adjacent tubular member are pivotally connected to each other. At least one pair of manipulating wires extend through the inserting portion to pivotally move each pair of adjacent tubular members relatively to each other, in order to curve the bendable section. A pair of wire guide members are fixedly received respectively in a pair of recesses formed in an inner peripheral surface of each tubular member. The manipulating wires extend respectively through the wire guide members on each tubular member.