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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2009
Yuichi Torii, Saitama, JP;
Yuichi Torii, Saitama, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope includes an insertion portion which has a bending portion, a wire which is fixed to an end of a distal side of the bending portion and is pushed along the insertion portion, an operating portion which is provided on a proximal side of the insertion portion opposite to the bending portion, and a wire-connecting member which is interposed in the wire between the insertion portion and the operating portion to form an allowance in a in which the wire is pushed and pulled, wherein a portion of the wire between the wire-receiving member and the wire-connecting member is inserted into the coil spring so that the coil covers a surface of the portion of the wire.