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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Goto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/26 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00071 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00142 (2013.01); G02B 23/243 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); G02B 23/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope includes a lens, a lens frame that holds the lens, and a bonding member that water-tightly fixes the lens to the lens frame, the bonding member composed of Sn-alloy solder containing at least one of Zn, Sb, Al and In, having a melting point not higher than 200° C. and forming a chemical bond via oxygen, and the lens, the lens frame and the bonding member are provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion.