Flexible endoscope tube uses linked individual elements each provided by 2 or more segments spaced apart by intermediate axial gaps

摘要

The endoscopic tube is formed from linked individual elements (1) positioned after one another in the axial direction and coupled via one or more interlocking linkages (5,6). Each individual element has at least 2 segments (2a,2b), positioned after one another in the peripheral direction with intermediate axial gaps (3,4) between them and held together via outer and inner rings (7,8).