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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00071 (2013.01); A61M 25/005 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 25/0053 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible tube for an endoscope includes a helical tube, a cover, and an inhibition mechanism. The inhibition mechanism enables movement of a densely wound portion to the cover in a direction of a central axis of the helical tube and inhibits movement of a loosely wound portion to the cover in the central axis direction of the helical tube.