| abstract |
An object of the present application is to provide an endoscope that can flexibly respond to a path to a target site without increasing the diameter of the endoscope, and that when the endoscope is operated before reaching the target site, the tip of the endoscope is Positioning is easier. The endoscope includes an elongated outer tube (2) and an optical element unit (3) provided inside the outer tube (2). The outer tube (2) has an inner layer (21) made of a soft resin and is provided on A reinforcing layer (22) on the outer side of the inner layer (21) and an outer layer (23) made of a soft resin covering the reinforcing layer (22), and the optical element unit (3) has an image transfer part (31) for image transfer , the laser transmission part (32), and the inner surface (21a) of the inner layer (21), the outer surface (31a) of the image transmission part (31) and the outer surface (32a) of the laser transmission part (32) Illumination fiber bundles (33) for landfill. |