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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Thomas Viebach, Friedberg, DE;
Tilman Schroeter, Friedberg, DE;
Assignee:
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00091 (2013.01); A61B 1/00098 (2013.01); A61B 1/00174 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/0692 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 1/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to an endoscope including an endoscope head, a wide-angle lens on the distal end of the endoscope head, and a working channel extending in the endoscope head. Proximally from the wide-angle lens, the working channel is bent laterally toward the outer circumference of the endoscope head, wherein a distal working channel opening is formed on a lateral side of the endoscope head.