Curved tube for endoscope and method of manufacturing curved tube for endoscope

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11096564
APP PUB NO 20190223692A1
SERIAL NO

16371180

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A curved tube for an endoscope includes: a curved tube body including a locked portion provided on an inner peripheral surface of the curved tube body; an operation wire configured to perform a bending operation of the curved tube body; a pipe member which is press-fitted to the operation wire and is locked to the locked portion of the curved tube body; and particles interposed between an outer peripheral surface of the operation wire and an inner peripheral surface of the pipe member. The particles are higher in hardness than materials forming the operation wire and the pipe member and are buried to dig into the outer peripheral surface of the operation wire and the inner peripheral surface of the pipe member.

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OLYMPUS CORPORATIONHACHIOJI-SHI TOKYO 192-8507

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nakagawa, Hironori Hachioji, JP 5 18

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