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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tsugio Okazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope includes an insertion portion, a first bending portion, a second bending portion, a bending operation wire, a first coil sheath, a switching mechanism, a guide, a first region of the guide, a second region of the guide, and a central part formed between the first region and the second region on an inner surface of the guide, protruding inside more than the first region and the second region and formed to be longer than a coil elemental wire making up the first coil sheath.