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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
May. 27, 2020
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 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); B29C 65/486 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical endoscope including: an elongated shaft with a distal end region having a non-circular cross-section and a shaft main section arranged proximally from the distal end region, an at least one light guide having a plurality of individual fibres disposed longitudinally through the shaft, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of individual fibres in the distal end region are bonded over a length of at least 50% of the distal end region with an inflexible adhesive.