Bending device, control device, and medical instrument

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PATENT NO 10492669
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15314154

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The present invention provides a bending device which is capable of easily controlling a bending motion with superior controllability. A portion of an elastic tube body (11) opposite a portion in which a non-stretching body (4) is fixed inflates in a circumferential direction of the elastic tube body (11) in response to increase in an internal pressure of the elastic tube body (11), and an elastic tube (1P) bends in a step-wise angle corresponding to the number of layers of a multi-layer structure. The portion of the elastic tube body (11) in which the non-stretching body (4) is fixed is thicker than the remaining portion of the elastic tube body (11).

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SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TAKUMI-CHO SAKAI-KU SAKAI CITY OSAKA 5908522 ?5908522
PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY3-4-1 OZUKA HIGASHI ASA MINAMI-KU HIROSHIMA-SHI HIROSHIMA 731-3194

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aoki, Hitoshi Sakai, JP 101 862
Gotoh, Toshihisa Sakai, JP 17 64
Iwaki, Satoshi Hiroshima, JP 7 119
Morita, Kazunori Sakai, JP 11 190
Okajima, Masazumi Hiroshima, JP 4 10
Taniguchi, Kazuhiro Hiroshima, JP 31 287

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