Flexible tube for an endoscope

Details Flexible tube for an endoscope Flexible tube for an endoscope

1996-08-07

1998-08-04

Flanagan, Beverly M.

Surgery

Endoscope

Having flexible tube structure

600139, 138123, A61B 100

Patent

active

057887144

ABSTRACT:
A flexible tube for an endoscope that includes a spiral tube, a netted tube that covers the outer surface of the spiral tube, and a jacket. The netted tube is formed by braiding a plurality of strand bundles each formed by closely arranging a plurality of fine wires in parallel. The jacket is made of a flexible synthetic resin which covers the outer surface of the netted tube. The braid density K of the netted tube lies in a range of 0.772.ltoreq.K.ltoreq.0.906.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4495134 (1985-01-01), Ouchi et al.
patent: 4690175 (1987-09-01), Ouchi et al.

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