Flexible tube for endoscope; has tubular sleeve with strip marked along length of outer surface, to indicate sleeve orientation about axis, and may have length indications along length of sleeve

• Main Authors: OUCHI, NAOYA, OHARA, KENICHI, SUGIYAMA, AKIRA, IWASAKI, TOMOKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; German
• Published: 30.11.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; SURGERY

The tube (1) has a tubular sleeve (13). A stripe (14) is marked on the outer surface of the sleeve, to indicate the orientation of the sleeve about its axis. Length indications may be marked axially along the length of the sleeve. The stripe extends along the length of the sleeve and can be detected...