Flexible tube of an endoscope and with the flexible tube which is designed to be an electronic endoscope apparatus

摘要

Flexible tube of an endoscope, comprising:an elongate, flexible, tubular body; andseveral slightly bendable or flexible portions in the tubular body with a mutual distance in the longitudinal direction of the latter,characterized in that the easily flexible parts are formed so that it is of an anisotropic flexural strength in the circumferential direction with respect to other parts of the tubular body reduced flexural strength in only one or more have in the direction of bending.