Patent ID: 11857162
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. An endoscope comprising:
a distal-end body provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion, the distal end body being configured to accept a removable distal end cover;
a movable body provided in the distal-end body to move relative to the distal-end body;
a wire configured to move the movable body by being pulled or relaxed;
a connecting assembly configured to releasably connect the wire to the movable body, the connecting assembly being configured to only detach the wire from the movable body when the distal end cover is removed from the distal-end body; and
a tube having flexibility through which the wire is inserted, the tube being disposed in the distal end portion and is detachably attached to the distal-end body;
wherein the connecting assembly comprises:
a protrusion protruding from one of the movable body or the wire, the protrusion protruding in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the wire, and
an other of the movable body and the wire having a portion configured to release from the protrusion in the direction when the distal end cover is removed from the distal-end body.