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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:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/128 (2013.01); A61B 1/0008 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01); A61B 2562/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope including: an elongated shaft comprising at least a first shaft tube with a window inserted in its distal end, and an electrical heating device arranged proximate to the window at or in the first shaft tube; wherein the heating device includes a flexible printed circuit board on which a resistive heating element configured as a conductor loop and a temperature sensor are arranged, and a heat-conducting structure connected in a thermally conductive manner to the temperature sensor is applied to the printed circuit board.