Flexible tube
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakeji Takagi, Kiyokazu Hosaka
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Abstract
A flexible tube and a method of manufacturing same are provided. The flexible tube comprises a tubular body of a crystalline polymer material having a porous microstructure including a number of micro-nodes which are coupled together by fibrils. A synthetic resin material having gas tightness and stretchability is filled into the pores of the porous microstructure.
Claims6
A flexible endoscope tube comprising a tubular body of a crystalline polymer material having a porous microstructure which include a number of micro-nodes which are coupled together by fibrils, and a synthetic resin material having water or gas tightness and stretchability which is filled into the pores of the porous microstructure.
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