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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2022
Karl Storz SE & CO KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Lawrence Geafer, Tuttlingen, DE;
Andreas Heni, Tuttlingen, DE;
Markus Kupferschmid, Tuttlingen, DE;
Daniel Ulmschneider, Tuttlingen, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A video endoscope, more specifically a video mediastinoscope, and an associated method for its configuration, comprises an elongate rigid shaft and a handle detachably attached to a proximal end section of the shaft, wherein the shaft comprises an optics shaft comprising an imaging optics and an electronic image sensor, wherein the optics shaft and a plug connector housing arranged at a proximal end of the optics shaft form a hermetically sealed unit enclosing the imaging optics and the image sensor, and wherein the handle comprises a handle housing in which an electronics unit is accommodated, wherein the electronics unit is hermetically sealed.