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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/126 (2013.01); A61B 1/00091 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope having an endoscope shaft, with a distal shaft portion, a central shaft portion and a proximal shaft portion, and a light admission face at the distal shaft portion. The cross section of the central shaft portion is smaller than the cross section of the distal shaft portion and smaller than the cross section of the proximal shaft portion.