Endoscope

Details Endoscope Endoscope

1992-09-22

1994-12-06

Apley, Richard J.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 6, 385118, A61B 100, A61B 104

Patent

active

053701089

ABSTRACT:
An endoscope having a bendable portion that is connected to the distal end of a flexible insert tube constituting an insert part of the endoscope, the bendable portion being bendable as desired by remote control, a solid-state image pickup device that is disposed in a distal end block connected to the distal end of the bendable portion, and a signal cable that is connected to the solid-state image pickup device and extended through the bendable portion and the flexible insert tube. The endoscope includes a flexible tube that covers the signal cable in both the bendable portion and the flexible insert tube, and a braid tube that covers the outer surface of the flexible tube in the bendable portion.

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