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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2010
Hideya Kitagawa, Hachioji, JP;
Shunichi Imai, Okaya, JP;
Hideya Kitagawa, Hachioji, JP;
Shunichi Imai, Okaya, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an endoscopic insertion portion with high manufacturing efficiency is provided. The endoscopic insertion portion includes a plurality of bending parts provided side by side with each other, a protruding portion provided in one of each two adjacent ones of the bending parts, and a receiving portion provided in the other of each two adjacent ones of the bending parts and into which the protruding portion is inserted rotatably. The method includes forming, in at least one plate material, a first bending part preparation portion for the formation of the one bending part and a second bending part preparation portion for the formation of the other bending part, connecting the first bending part preparation portion and the second bending part preparation portion by press processing, and forming the first and second bending part preparation portion into a cylindrical shape by press processing.