Patent ID: 7060026

Claim:
An endoscope comprising: a first part having a first heat-resistance temperature; a second part having a second heat-resistance temperature; an adhesive for bonding together the first part and the second part, the adhesive having a characteristic of being thermally destroyed at a predetermined temperature; and a third part having a third heat-resistance temperature and located near a bonded section of the first part and the second part using the adhesive; wherein the first part constitutes a flexible insertion member of the endoscope which is inserted into a subject; and the predetermined temperature of thermal destruction at which the adhesive is thermally destroyed is equal to or higher than a maximum temperature the endoscope is subjected to during a high-pressure steam sterilization, and equal to or lower than either one of the first heat-resistance temperature of the first part, the second heat-resistance temperature of the second part and the third heat-resistance temperature of the third part.