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US 2014/0155697 A1Published application
Flexible tubular portion of endoscope and endoscope having this flexible tubular portion
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorTaro IEDE
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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.
Claims9
A flexible tubular portion of an endoscope including a spiral tube portion,
- wherein the spiral tube portion comprising:
- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.