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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Gereon Kindler, Schaffhausen, CH;
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Storz Endoskop Produktions GmbH, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A shank for a flexible endoscope or for a flexible endoscopic instrument includes a first shank portion and, a second shank portion, angled relative to a distal end region of the first shank portion by a longitudinal adjustment of at least one tensioning means which is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner inside the second shank portion and connected to a distal end region of the second shank portion. The longitudinal adjustment by least one threaded drive, which can be driven by at least one torsion shaft extending inside the first shank portion. The invention also relates to a flexible endoscope and a flexible endoscopic instrument.