Patent ID: 11945172
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 5:
6. The endoscopic bendable tube according to claim 5, wherein
the plurality of slit pairs comprise a plurality of first slit pairs and the slit ends comprise first slit ends;
further comprising a plurality of second slit pairs, each second slit pair of the plurality of second slit pairs being formed in a third area of a wall of the resin tube and disposed between adjacent first slit pairs of the plurality of first slit pairs such that a second pair of second slit ends oppose each other across a fourth area of the wall of the resin tube, and
wherein a fourth radial thickness of the wall of the resin tube in the fourth area is greater than a third radial thickness of the wall of the resin tube in the third area.