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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Andreas Heni, Fridingen, DE;
Markus Kupferschmid, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Daniel Ulmschneider, Nendingen, DE;
Christian Graf, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Peter Schwarz, Tuttlingen-Nendingen, DE;
Kevin Pilz, Tuttlingen, DE;
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
An endoscope or exoscope having a shaft and at least one objective and at least one electronic image recorder for recording an image of an object field, wherein the objective and image recorder are arranged in a distal end region of the endoscope or exoscope, and includes at least one cable, routed within the endoscope or exoscope, for supply of and/or image transmission from the electronic image recorder, wherein the electronic image recorder includes an optical unit, which is rotatable about a first axis of rotation identical or approximately parallel to a direction of view of the scope, and on which the cable is connected and can be wound on a circumferential surface of the optical unit, and wherein the distal end region includes a cavity, in which storage for holding a section of the cable is held.