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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Markus Salvermoser, Tuttlingen, DE;
Ewald Stihl, Geisingen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/002 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); F16L 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 1/002 (2013.01); A61B 1/0008 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00064 (2013.01); A61B 1/00071 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); F16L 13/147 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for producing an endoscope that includes an endoscope head and an optic tube, including the steps of providing the endoscope head, providing the optic tube, and pushing a proximal end area of the optic tube into a distal end area of the endoscope head. The distal end area of the endoscope head is press-fitted with the proximal end area of the optic tube.