Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
600140000 | Plural layers | 23 |
20090093680 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an insertion portion, a resin tubular covering member, a fastening member and a contact surface. The insertion portion includes a bending portion. The resin tubular covering member is covering a covering target part in the insertion portion including the bending portion. The fastening member is wound around the outer periphery of at least one end of the covering member and fastens the end to the covering target part. The contact surface is provided on the side of the covering target part covered with the end, is placed in contact with the end face of the covering member and becomes thinner toward the side of the covering member. | 04-09-2009 |
20090112066 | ENDOSCOPE FLEXIBLE TUBE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - An endoscope flexible tube comprises: a tubular structure having flexibility; and a shell layer on an outer peripheral surface of the tubular structure, wherein the shell layer has a two-layer structure including a rigid resin layer of a rigid resin and a soft resin layer of a soft resin, and wherein the two-layer structure is maintained over the entire flexible tube in its length direction. | 04-30-2009 |
20090118584 | INSERTION TUBE FOR ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE - An insertion tube for an endoscope includes a braid tube, the braid tube includes fine line portions arranged in a braided manner and intersecting portions where the fine line portions intersect with each other, and the fine line portions is restricted with each other in the intersecting portions. | 05-07-2009 |
20090318764 | Flexible tube device and endoscope - A flexible tube device has proximal and distal ends, for attachment of the proximal end to a handle assembly of an endoscope. The flexible tube device includes a spiral pipe formed by helically winding an elongate strip of metal. A tubular mesh material is disposed around the spiral pipe. A jacket material is disposed around the tubular mesh material, and formed from rigid resin and non-rigid resin. In the jacket material, a content of the non-rigid resin is higher than a content of the rigid resin at the proximal end. The content of the rigid resin gradually increases from the proximal end toward a first change point predetermined nearer to the proximal end than to the distal end. The content of the rigid resin is higher than the content of the non-rigid resin at the first change point. | 12-24-2009 |
20100113879 | ENDOSCOPE AND FLEXIBLE TUBE THEREOF - A flexible tube making up most of the length, in the longitudinal direction, of an insertion section of an endoscope from a connection section of the insertion section to a manipulation section. The flexible tube including a helical tube formed with a strip shaped member wound in a helical shape and a mesh tube at the outer periphery of the helical tube, the mesh tube formed in a ring shape from braided fine wires. A thermoplastic resin is formed in a patterned shape at the outer periphery of the mesh tube, and an outer skin, formed at the outer periphery of the mesh tube at which is formed the thermoplastic resin, is made from a material that has a smaller thermal deformation than the thermoplastic resin. The flexible tube of the endoscope is not readily thermally deformed and is not readily imparted with a permanent or semi-permanent curvature when autoclave processing. | 05-06-2010 |
20100137688 | ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope is provided which comprises an elongated body adapted for insertion into a body lumen, and a plurality of electrically controlled actuators associated with the body which are controllable to impart an orientation to the body that is complimentary to the natural orientation of the lumen into which the endoscope is inserted. | 06-03-2010 |
20100145150 | ENDOSCOPE FLEXIBLE PORTION AND ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope flexible portion includes a spiral tube that is formed by spirally winding a strip-shaped member and has a hollow portion, a mesh tube that is disposed on the outer periphery of the spiral tube and is formed by braiding together fine wires, an operation-use angle wire that is disposed inside the spiral tube and is formed by bundling together metal strands into a stranded wire in order to operate a curving portion disposed on a distal end side of the endoscope, and an outer sheath member that covers the outer periphery of the mesh tube. A coating layer formed of poly-para-xylylene resin is formed on the outer peripheral surface of at least one of the spiral tube, the mesh tube or the operation-use angle wire. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145151 | ENDOSCOPE SOFT PORTION AND ENDOSCOPE - There is provide an endoscope soft portion including: a spiral tube that is formed by spirally winding a strip-shaped member; a mesh tube that is disposed on the outer periphery of the spiral tube and is formed in an annular shape by braiding together fine wires; and an outer sheath member that covers the outer periphery of the mesh tube, wherein the mesh tube is formed by a thermoplastic resin material, and a poly-para-xylylene resin layer is coated on the outer peripheral surface of the mesh tube. | 06-10-2010 |
20100228088 | STRUCTURAL UNIT, ENDOSCOPE, AND ADHERING METHOD - The present invention provides a structural unit, an endoscope and an adhering method that suppress deterioration in adhesive strength of an adhesive that adheres plural structural members that structure the endoscope. An imaging unit | 09-09-2010 |
20100274088 | Flexible Medical Instrument - A medical device is provided for use in surgery or endoscopy. The device has a control handle, shaft, and end effector. The end effector includes a flexible bending section utilizing layered flat springs to enable two-way deflection of the bending section. Alignment, spacing, and material composition allows movement of the bending section consistent in direction and degree. Multiple bending sections may be joined sequentially to allow for multiple axis for deflection. | 10-28-2010 |
20100280319 | ELASTOMER MOLDING FOR ENDOSCOPE - The invention provides a flexible tube for an endoscope, which is excellent in elasticity (impact resilience), has suitable flexibility and also has chemical resistance. Disclosed is a flexible tube for an endoscope including a flexible-tube material covered thereon with a jacket, wherein the jacket contains two or more thermoplastic polyester elastomers crosslinked therein. | 11-04-2010 |
20110230717 | Flexible endoscope external joint - An endoscope including a deflection section, an objective head, a deflection section cover and a sleeve. The deflection section comprises a flexible frame. The objective head is connected to a front end of the deflection section. The deflection section cover extends over the deflection section and extends over a portion of the objective head. The sleeve is located on an exterior side of the objective head and an exterior side of the deflection section cover at a joint between the objective head and the deflection section cover. The sleeve compresses the deflection section cover against the objective head. Another compression sleeve can be located on an exterior side of a shaft cover and the deflection section cover at a second joint, wherein the second sleeve compresses the shaft cover and the deflection section cover against a frame of a shaft of the endoscope. | 09-22-2011 |
20110245614 | ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides an endoscopic apparatus including a partial structure, wherein the partial structure includes:
| 10-06-2011 |
20120029288 | HELICAL CONTINUOUS CURVATURE TUBES FOR NESTED CANNULAS - Methods and systems for nested cannula configuration involving helical tubes ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120071722 | ENDOSCOPE AND FLEXIBLE PORTION THEREOF - An endoscope comprising:
| 03-22-2012 |
20120172667 | ENDOSCOPE TUBE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope tube includes: a first area having a three or more layer structure with an element wire layer between resin layers provided to the rigid part of an operation portion; and a second area being provided from a distal end face of the rigid part of the operation portion to a bending portion through an insertion portion and having a three or more layer structure with a high-density blade layer being a high-density net layer continuous to the element wire layer of the first area between the resin layers. The element wire layer is provided between the resin layers as a low-density blade layer being a low-density net layer to reduce a rigidity of the first area to be lower than a rigidity of the second area so as to easily deform a connection part with a treatment instrument. | 07-05-2012 |
20120190926 | TIGHTENING STRING FOR AN ENDOSCOPE, OUTER COVER SECURING METHOD, FLEXIBLE TUBE FOR AN ENDOSCOPE, AND AN ENDOSCOPE - A tightening string is used in an endoscope for firmly securing an outer cover of a flexible tube of the endoscope onto an internal member disposed inside the outer cover. The tightening string is comprised of a filament assembly formed by bundling a plurality of filaments made of a synthetic resin. The invention also provides an outer cover securing method, a flexible tube for an endoscope, and an endoscope equipped with the flexible tube. An outer cover securing method using the tightening string, a flexible tube for an endoscope equipped with the thus secured outer cover, and an endoscope equipped with the flexible tube are also provided. | 07-26-2012 |
20130046144 | FLEXIBLE TUBE UNIT OF ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE HAVING THIS FLEXIBLE TUBE UNIT - A flexible tube unit of an endoscope includes a metal spiral tube, a mesh tube which covers the metal spiral tube and is formed by braiding a wire bundle obtained by bundling wires, an envelope which covers the mesh tube and a regulating portion which regulates movement of the wires of the mesh tube. A ratio of a surface area of the regulating portion with respect to a surface area of the mesh tube differs in an axial direction of the mesh tube. | 02-21-2013 |
20130331651 | FLEXIBLE TUBE PORTION OF ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE HAVING THIS FLEXIBLE TUBE PORTION - A flexible tube portion includes a spiral tube, a first connecting tube which is arranged on a distal end portion side of the spiral tube and a second connecting tube which is arranged on a proximal end portion side of the spiral tube. The spiral tube is movable along an axial direction of the spiral tube with respect to at least one of the first connecting tube and the second connecting tube. | 12-12-2013 |
20160088998 | FLEXIBLE TUBE FOR AN ENDOSCOPE, ADHESIVE FOR AN ENDOSCOPE, ENDOSCOPE-TYPE MEDICAL DEVICE, AS WELL AS METHOD OF PRODUCING A FLEXIBLE TUBE FOR AN ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ENDOSCOPE-TYPE MEDICAL DEVICE - A flexible tube for an endoscope, containing: a tubular flexible tube substrate material having a flexibility; and a resin layer covering the flexible tube substrate material, in which the resin layer is adhered to the flexible tube substrate material with an adhesive hardened, the adhesive hardened contains an ester-based polyurethane resin, which is a hardened resin of an adhesive for an endoscope, and the adhesive for an endoscope contains an ester-based urethane polymer having a structure represented by a specific formula. | 03-31-2016 |
20160106302 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope including: a shaft having an outer tube and an inner tube, the inner tube being arranged inside the outer tube; and a contact-free magnetic coupling. The contact-free magnetic coupling including: an outer coupling part arranged concentrically with the outer tube, the outer coupling part being arranged outside the outer tube in a radial direction; and an inner coupling part arranged concentrically with the inner tube, the inner coupling part being arranged inside the inner tube in the radial direction; and one or more of light-guiding fibers and electrical conductors are disposed longitudinally within a gap between the outer tube and the inner tube. Where the inner coupling part is configured to be one or more of translatorily and rotationally moved by means of a magnetic operative connection between the outer coupling part and the inner coupling part; and the magnetic operative connection through the gap is rotationally non-symmetric. | 04-21-2016 |
20160249786 | PASSIVE BENDING SECTION FOR ENDOSCOPE, AND ENDOSCOPE | 09-01-2016 |
20160249788 | FLEXIBLE TUBE FOR ENDOSCOPE, AND ENDOSCOPE | 09-01-2016 |