Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cover for endoscope distal end part and endoscope
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Application No.: US17042876Application Date: 2019-03-20
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Publication No.: US12108933B2Publication Date: 2024-10-08
- Inventor: Miho Yamada , Kiyoshi Minoura , Tokio Taguchi , Yasuhiro Shibai
- Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Sakai
- Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sakai
- Agency: ScienBiziP, P.C.
- Priority: JP 18066665 2018.03.30
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/011859 2019.03.20
- International Announcement: WO2019/188710A 2019.10.03
- Date entered country: 2020-09-28
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; G02B1/118 ; G02B1/18

Abstract:
An endoscope distal end cover (10) is a cover for protecting a distal end (20t) of an endoscope (20) which has an observation window at the distal end, including: a synthetic polymer film (13) which is to be located over the observation window (32) when the endoscope distal end cover is attached to the distal end of the endoscope, wherein the synthetic polymer film has a surface which includes a plurality of raised portions, when viewed in a normal direction of the synthetic polymer film, a two-dimensional size of the plurality of raised portions is in the range of more than 20 nm and less than 500 nm, and a static contact angle of water with respect to the surface is not less than 150°, and a static contact angle of hexadecane with respect to the surface is not less than 60°.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210015345A1 COVER FOR ENDOSCOPE DISTAL END PART AND ENDOSCOPE Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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