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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Taro Iede, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/005 (2013.01); A61B 1/0051 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00064 (2013.01); A61B 1/00071 (2013.01); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00305 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00309 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible tubular portion of an endoscope includes a spiral tube portion. The spiral tube portion includes a closely wound portion to at least a part of which an initial tension is applied, and a sparsely wound portion provided at least at one end of the closely wound portion.