Patent ID: 8674231
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscope comprising: an insertion part; a circuit board arranged in a distal end of the insertion part and having a single wire connecting terminal forming region, a coaxial core connecting terminal forming region, a coaxial shield connecting terminal forming region, and a bundle-wire shield connecting terminal forming region; a bundle-wire cable including a plurality of single-wire cables that are bundled together, a plurality of coaxial cables that are bundled together along with the plurality of single-wire cables, a bundle-wire shield that covers the periphery of the plurality of the single-wire cables and the plurality of coaxial cables that are bundled together, and a bundle-wire covering that covers the periphery of the bundle-wire shield, arranged within the insertion part, and connected to the circuit board; a plurality of single wire connecting terminals provided in the single wire connecting terminal forming region and having cores of the plurality of single-wire cables individually connected to the plurality of single wire connecting terminals; a plurality of coaxial core connecting terminals provided in the coaxial core connecting terminal forming region and having cores of the plurality of coaxial cables individually connected to the plurality of coaxial core connecting terminals; a coaxial shield connecting terminal provided in the coaxial shield connecting terminal forming region and having shields of the plurality of the coaxial cables connected to the coaxial shield connecting terminal; and a bundle-wire shield connecting terminal provided in the bundle-wire shield connecting terminal forming region and having the bundle-wire shield connected to the bundle-wire shield connecting terminal, wherein the single wire connecting terminal forming region, the coaxial core connecting terminal forming region, the coaxial shield connecting terminal forming region, and the bundle-wire shield connecting terminal forming region are arranged in a common plane, and are arranged side by side in a column at predetermined intervals on a common straight line.