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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:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Alrun Thuemen, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00121 (2013.01); A61B 1/00183 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/051 (2013.01); A61B 2562/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
A video endoscope including an elongate shaft having a distal end and a proximal end; a tubular sleeve arranged in the shaft so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the shaft; a connector arranged at the proximal end of the shaft; an objective arranged at the distal end of the shaft; at least one image sensor arranged in the shaft so as to be proximal to the objective, the at least one image sensor being surrounded by the tubular sleeve; a flexible signal line connecting the at least one image sensor to the connector; and a fastener for detachable fastening the flexible signal line.