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Endoscope

  • US 4,805,596 A
  • Filed: 03/28/1988
  • Issued: 02/21/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An endoscope comprising:

  • an operating section; and

    an insertion section connected to said operating section and having a flexible tube which forms the body of said insertion section, a bending tube which forms the distal end portion of said insertion section, at least two wire means for operating said bending tube from the operating section, one end of each of said wire means being connected to said bending tube, at least two wire guide means arranged in said flexible tube and serving to guide said wire means, and a coupling means for coupling the flexible tube and the bending tube to each other, said coupling means including at least two parts which can be combined integral, and one of the wire guide means being fixed to each of said parts.

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