Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for manufacturing an insertion tube of an endoscope and endoscope comprising an insertion tube
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Application No.: US17281429Application Date: 2019-10-25
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Publication No.: US12075972B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Anh Minh Do
- Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN P.L.C.
- Priority: DE 2018127227.8 2018.10.31
- International Application: PCT/IB2019/001086 2019.10.25
- International Announcement: WO2020/089684A 2020.05.07
- Date entered country: 2021-03-30
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/005
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an insertion tube of an endoscope from a tubular element, wherein the insertion tube includes a proximal passive flexible portion and a distal deflecting portion, wherein, in the proximal passive flexible portion, cuts are provided to enable the proximal passive flexible portion to be bent. In the method, the cuts are configured in the proximal passive flexible portion such that adjacent cuts do not have the same distance. The invention further relates to an endoscope including such insertion tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210393111A1 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN INSERTION TUBE OF AN ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE COMPRISING AN INSERTION TUBE Public/Granted day:2021-12-23
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