Endoscope

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9872607
APP PUB NO 20160262595A1
SERIAL NO

15162755

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An endoscope includes: a bending portion, a wire, and a coil sheath, including a single element wire, an outer peripheral face of which is formed to be a curved face on one side of the outer peripheral face and to be a flat surface on another side of the outer peripheral face, the coil sheath being passed inside by the wire and configured by being helically wound by the element wire along a longitudinal direction such that the outer peripheral face formed to be the curved face and the outer peripheral face formed to be the flat surface are in contact with each other.

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OLYMPUS CORPORATION2951 ISHIKAWA-MACHI HACHIOJI-SHI TOKYO 192-8507

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kakehashi, Taigo Hino, JP 4 18

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