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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kenichiro Saito, Tachikawa, JP;
Takahiro Kishi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 25/0054 (2013.01); A61M 25/0138 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
Abstract
A passive bending section for an endoscope is disposed between an active bending section of an inserting section and a flexible tube of the inserting section and is passively bent by receiving an external force. In the passive bending section, a curvature gradually increases from the distal end portion of the passive bending section toward the proximal end portion of the passive bending section.