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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2010
Applicant:
Eberhard Körner, Knittlingen, DE;
Inventor:
Eberhard Körner, Knittlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Richard Wolf GmbH, Knittlingen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 17/00 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
With a method for manufacturing a bendable tube, which is preferably envisaged for an endoscopic instrument, first a tube is separated into several tube sections in a manner such that adjacent tube sections engage into one another with a positive fit in the axis direction of the tube. After the separation of the tube into several tube sections, one envisages peripherally arranging means for providing a positive fit transversely to the axis direction of the tube, on the regions of the tube sections, which are situated in engagement with one another.