Yen-Nien CHEN,Wei-Jen SHIH,Wei-The CHEN,Cheng-Wen LIN,Pei-Yuan LEE
申请号:
US13592405
公开号:
US20130137922A1
申请日:
2012.08.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
An endoscope includes a tube having including a compartment extending in a longitudinal direction. A flexible strip has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the compartment. The flexible strip is received in the compartment and slideable relative to the tube in the longitudinal direction. The flexible strip is made of a super elastomer having an original shape before deformation. The flexible strip is capable of restoring the original shape after larger deformation. An image capturing module is mounted to the flexible strip. The image capturing module can transmit light beam and capture images.