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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2013
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Matsuo, Fukuoka, JP;
Suguru Okaniwa, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope includes a distal rigid portion, a bending portion comprising a first bending portion and a second bending portion and a flexible tube portion. The endoscope further includes an operation wire, a wire guide member, a bending operation portion. The endoscope further includes a regulation wire, the regulation wire being longer than the bending portion, the regulation wire being inserted through the first bending portion and the second bending portion, the regulation wire being provided to face the operation wire in the diametrical direction of the bending portion, the regulation wire regulating the bending of the bending portion so that the second bending portion is bent in a direction opposite to the bending direction of the first bending portion and the bending portion is bent in an S-shape when the first bending portion is bent.