An endoscope includes at least one lens having a circular exterior shape in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, an image sensor that has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is same as length of a diameter of the lens, a sensor cover that has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is same as one side length of the image sensor, a bonding resin portion that fixes the sensor cover to the lens, the optical axis of the lens coinciding with a center of the imaging area.
1. An endoscope comprising:
at least one lens having an optical axis and a circular exterior shape in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis;
an image sensor that has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is same as length of a diameter of the lens;
a sensor cover that covers an imaging area of the image sensor, has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is same as one side length of the image sensor;
a bonding resin portion that fixes the sensor cover to the lens, the optical axis of the lens coinciding with a center of the imaging area;
a transmission cable connected to the image sensor;
an illuminator provided along the lens and the transmission cable;
a tubular sheath that covers a portion of the illuminator and the transmission cable; and
a cover tube that covers the lens, the image sensor, and a portion of the illuminator, is coaxially connected to the tubular sheath in a state that outer circumferential surface of the cover tube is flush and continuous with outer circumferential surface of the tubular sheath, and forms a distal portion,
wherein the cover tube is smaller in thickness than the tubular sheath, and the distal portion including the lens, the illuminator, and the cover tube has a maximum outer diameter of 1.8 mm.
2. The endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein the tubular sheath has a thickness of 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm.
3. The endoscope according to claim 1 ,
wherein multiple illuminators are provided along the lens and the transmission cable,
wherein each illuminator is equiangularly disposed in a circumferential direction.