Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bending operation wire attaching structure and endoscope
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Application No.: US16269789Application Date: 2019-02-07
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Publication No.: US11382497B2Publication Date: 2022-07-12
- Inventor: Yuka Ide
- Applicant: Olympus Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Hachioji
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hachioji
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JPJP2016-157710 20160810
- Main IPC: A61B1/008
- IPC: A61B1/008 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/05 ; A61B1/005 ; A61B1/06 ; G02B23/24

Abstract:
The disclosed technology is directed to a bendable tube bendable by a bending wire that comprises a plurality of bending pieces configured to be joined together. The bending pieces including a distal-end bending piece disposed at a foremost end of the bendable tube. The distal-end bending piece includes a flat portion forming a flat surface. An attaching portion is disposed on the flat portion. The attaching portion having a first insertion region and a second insertion region. The bending wire is inserted from within the distal-end bending piece outwardly of the distal-end bending piece through the first insertion region. The bending wire is inserted from outside the distal-end bending piece into the distal-end bending piece through the second insertion region. The bending wire disposed outside the distal-end bending piece between the first insertion region and the second insertion region being attached to the distal-end bending piece by the attaching portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190167070A1 BENDING OPERATION WIRE ATTACHING STRUCTURE AND ENDOSCOPE Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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