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US 2010/0168519 A1Published application
Endoscope Flexible Tube and Endoscope Device
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorShigeki Matsuo
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AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorShigeki Matsuo
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In an endoscope flexible tube and an endoscope device of the present invention, an endoscope flexible tube which exhibits flexibility to be inserted into a body cavity includes a bending portion formed at a distal end side, a first flexible tube portion connected in series to a proximal end of the bending portion, and a second flexible tube portion connected in series to a proximal end of the first flexible tube portion. When the bending portion and the first flexible tube portion pass a flexed portion of the body cavity, a curvature radius of the first flexible tube portion which is passively bent under a predetermined force is set to be larger than a curvature radius of the bending portion in a maximum bent state.
An endoscope flexible tube which exhibits flexibility to be inserted into a body cavity, comprising:
An endoscope flexible tube which exhibits flexibility to be inserted into a body cavity, comprising:
An endoscope flexible tube which exhibits flexibility to be inserted into a body cavity, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.