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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadasu Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Ujiie, Fukushima, JP;
Hirohisa Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Ohara, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Ninomiya, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Kunitoshi Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128-4 ; 138124 ;
Abstract
A bendable portion which is provided at the distal end of an insert part of an endoscope and bent by remote control. The bendable portion includes an elastic and flexible double walled tube comprising a pair of inner and outer tubes for covering the bendable portion. A device for preventing enlargement of the diameter of the inner tube is sandwiched between the inner and outer tubes.