Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope having flexible tube
- Patent Title (中): 内窥镜具有柔性管
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Application No.: US11884297Application Date: 2006-02-10
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Publication No.: US08206287B2Publication Date: 2012-06-26
- Inventor: Shigeki Matsuo
- Applicant: Shigeki Matsuo
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2005-036970 20050214
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/302382 WO 20060210
- International Announcement: WO2006/085621 WO 20060817
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00

Abstract:
A flexible tube for an endoscope and an endoscope device are provided. According to the present invention, a flexible tube for an endoscope is included in an insertion portion of the endoscope to be inserted into a body cavity and the flexible tube for the endoscope includes a bending portion provided at a distal end side and configured to perform a bending operation corresponding to an operation of an operator, and a flexible tube portion having a distal end and a proximal end and the distal end is connected to a proximal end side of the bending portion. The bending portion has a region that is bent at a first curvature radius when the bending portion is maximally bent, and at the distal end side of the flexible tube portion, a region that is set to be bent at a second curvature radius smaller than the first curvature radius when the bending portion is passively bent by a predetermined force quantity is provided. Accordingly, resistance which occurs when the bending portion is passing through the intestine bending portion is suppressed and an insertion performance of the insertion portion is increased. Thus, patients are less burdened and less painful.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080214897A1 Flexible Tube for Endoscope and Endoscope Device Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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