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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
May. 01, 2019
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, DE;
Harald Gießen, Marnheim, DE;
Alois Herkommer, Stuttgart, DE;
Simon Thiele, Stuttgart, DE;
Klaus Irion, Tuttlingen, DE;
Werner Göbel, Tuttlingen, DE;
Benjamin Häsler, Tuttlingen, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
UNIVERSITAT STUTTGART, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An endoscope includes a shaft having a distal end, an optical imaging device at the distal end of the shaft for producing a real image of an object observed by means of the endoscope and at least one of an image transfer device for transmitting the real image and an image sensor for capturing the real image. The imaging device has curved light-refracting interfaces, which are tilted in relation to one another.