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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Uwe Schoeler, Hoisdorf, DE;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G02B 23/243 (2013.01); F16B 1/0014 (2013.01); G02B 23/2446 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical assembly for an endoscope, the optical assembly including: an objective tube; and at least one optical element held in the objective tube; wherein the objective tube comprises at least one region acting as a clamping mount for the at least one optical element, and the at least one region of the objective tube acting as the clamping mount is at least sectionally formed of a shape-memory material.