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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Martin Oberländer, Engen, DE;
Roland E. Stark, Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, DE;
Karl Storz SE Co. & KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A device for providing an access opening in a body, in particular for a spinal operation, comprised of a tubular device body () that extends along a longitudinal axis (L) of a device body, said body having a distal end () that is to be positioned inside a body and a proximal end () that is to be positioned outside a body, wherein in the region of the proximal end () an optics-carrier arrangement () with a movable optics-carrier () is positioned or can be positioned to have a path of motion (B) about the longitudinal axis of the device body, characterized in that that the optics carrier arrangement () comprises a guideway element () that carries the optics carrier (), said guideway element having a guideway region () that can be positioned by means of pivoting about a swivel axis (S) in an operating position in the region of the proximal end () of the device body ().