Endoscope comprising a bending section having individual segments

Abstract

An endoscope including a handle and an insertion cord with a bending section having intermediate segments, the intermediate segments including first intermediate segments and second intermediate segments being arranged alternately one after the other in a proximal-distal direction. Hinges between the first intermediate segments and the second intermediate segments are formed by hinge protrusions engaging in hinge recesses. Steering wires run on the inner circumferential side of the first intermediate segments and on the outer circumferential side in axially extending grooves of the second intermediate segments and keep the alternately arranged first intermediate segments and second intermediate segments together. The first intermediate segments comprise stabilizing protrusions arranged and accommodated in the axially extending grooves in the second intermediate segments, in which the steering wires run.

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