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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2012
Applicants:
Andre Buerk, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Peter Eisenkolb, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Andre Buerk, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Peter Eisenkolb, Tuttlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/2423 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00183 (2013.01); A61B 1/0623 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
An endoscope includes an outer shaft with a distal end whose surface is configured by a cylindrical mantle surface and a curved front surface, such that the distal end of the outer shaft includes a mantle component and a curved front component that is joined to the mantle component. A distance of an interface between the mantle component and the front component from an edge between the mantle surface and the curved front surface is no greater than a wall thickness of the mantle component or no greater than a wall thickness of the front component.