摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixture which can certainly prevent an insertion part flexible tube from breaking around the basal end connection part in the inserting section of an endoscope while it does not need to have a very large outer diameter compared with the tube. <P>SOLUTION: The fixture is formed of an elastic material, arranged so as to surround the connection part of the insertion part flexible tube 11 connected to the operation section 15 of the endoscope 10, and of which part to be bent by bending of the tube 11 is made to have approximately constant thickness with materials 101 and 102 which are formed so that gradually more flexible as going from the basal end side to ward the tip end side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO</p> |