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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Gregor Kiedrowski, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00126 (2013.01); A61B 1/00167 (2013.01); A61B 1/00195 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rigid endoscope including: a shaft; a body disposed at a proximal end of the shaft, a fiber image guide mounted to move longitudinally within the shaft and body; a securing section for securing the fiber image guide, the securing section being positioned within the body; a sliding element mounted to move longitudinally within the body; and a protective sheath encasing the fiber image guide; wherein the fiber image guide is twisted, for image rotation, in a longitudinal portion corresponding to the protective sheath.