Endoscope and assembly method therefor

摘要

An endoscope having an elongate insertion section to be inserted into a body cavity with a distal end portion thereof forward. The endoscope comprises a tip member provided on the distal end portion and having a housing bore extending from a rear end side to a distal end side, a protrusion on an inner peripheral surface of the housing bore, and an optical member which is inserted into the housing bore from the rear end side and fixed to the tip member with the distal end portion thereof run against the protrusion.