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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventor:
Peter Schwarz, Tuttlingen, DE;
Assignee:
KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00091 (2013.01); A61B 1/00183 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/126 (2013.01); A61B 1/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope with a rotation drum or a rotation module and an elongated rigid and/or flexible shaft tube which, at a distal end, by means of a bearing fork, rotatably bears the rotation drum about a first axis of rotation, and wherein an optical imaging system is disposed within the rotation drum. The bearing fork here has at least one first fluid conduit and at least one nozzle in order to clean and/or to cool the imaging system.