Fiberscope with bending mechanism

摘要

A fiberscope having a freely bendable tip and having a reduced weight and diameter. Two spaced cylindrical casted sections are provided at the forward end of the fiberscope, and the image fiber, light guides for transmitting illuminating light, and manipulating wires are inserted through the two cylindrical casted sections. Each of the manipulating wires may be inserted through a tube in coil form.