Patent attributes
A medical device operable to obtain images of an internal cavity of a patient, including a handle; a flexible tube; a front end cap housing a camera assembly; a bending section extending from the flexible tube and including a proximal end segment and a distal end segment; a peripheral wall having an inner surface defining an internal space and including a cavity extending radially outwardly from the inner surface; a member having an outer surface and positioned at least partly in the internal space with the cavity overlapping the outer surface; and a protrusion of a hardened adhesive bonded to the outer surface of the member and extending into the cavity of the peripheral wall, wherein the member is one of, and the peripheral wall is comprised by another of, the flexible tube, the proximal end segment, the distal end segment, or the front end cap.
