Flexible tube for an endoscope

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1980-10-24

1982-05-04

Michell, Robert W.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

12830315, A61B 100

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043277110

ABSTRACT:
In a flexible tube for an endoscope including a metallic braided texture and a sheath tube covering the braided texture, both of which form a bendable portion and/or a flexible portion of an endoscope through which bundles of optical fibres, a flexure controlling wire or the like are passed, the internal peripheral surface of the sheath tube which covers the metallic braided texture is formed with grooves which retain an antifriction agent therein.

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patent: 3960143 (1976-06-01), Terada
patent: 3998216 (1976-12-01), Hosono
patent: 4176662 (1979-12-01), Frazer

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