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US 11,992,368 B2Granted
Endoscope connector and endoscope
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorNorihisa Suzuki
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Abstract
An endoscope connector includes: a metal member that is exposed to an outside of the endoscope connector and electrically connected to an endoscopic examination apparatus; an exterior member formed of a resin material; and an elastic member that is exposed to the outside, the elastic member being configured to close a gap between the exterior member and the metal member.
Claims13
An endoscope connector comprising:
- a metal member that is exposed to an outside of the endoscope connector and electrically connected to an endoscopic examination apparatus;
- an exterior member formed of a resin material;
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- an elastic member that is exposed to the outside of the endoscope connector, the elastic member being configured to close a gap between the exterior member and the metal member.
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An endoscope comprising:
- an insertion portion that has a distal end and a proximal end and is provided with an ultrasound probe on a side of the distal end;
- an operating portion provided on a side of the proximal end of the insertion portion;
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- an endoscope connector including a metal member exposed to an outside of the endoscope connector and electrically connected to an endoscopic examination apparatus, an exterior member formed of a resin material having a linear expansion coefficient larger than a linear expansion coefficient of the metal member, and an elastic member that has an elastic modulus higher than an elastic modulus of the exterior member and is exposed to the outside of the endoscope connector, the elastic member being configured to close a gap between the exterior member and the metal member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.