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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Martin Wieters, Barsbuettel, DE;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00097 (2022.02); A61B 1/127 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope, including: at least one outer shaft tube, at least one inner shaft tube disposed within the at least one outer shaft tube; a window distally hermetically sealing one of the inner shaft tube or the outer shaft tube, a heater disposed proximate to the window between the at least one outer shaft tube and the at least one inner shaft tube, a temperature sensor disposed embedded in a potting compound proximate to the window, and an encasement filled with the potting compound, the encasement at least partially surrounding the temperature sensor.