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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hideyuki Seto, Hino, JP;
Takashi Nara, Musashino, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); A61M 25/0138 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0161 (2013.01); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01);
Abstract
Included are a bending tube; slits; wire guides; an outer coat member; and hole portions that are formed between particular slits in a distal end region that is forward from a central region on an outer circumference of a cylindrical member, each of the hole portions being communicated with any one of the slits, the wire guides covered by the outer coat member being respectively fixed to the hole portions while being attached to the cylindrical member from an outside thereof.