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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Wieters, Barsbuettel, DE;
Annika Goehring, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00179 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope including: an elongated shaft and an optical system disposed in the shaft. The optical system includes at least one prism. The prism is mounted in a prism holder. The prism holder having first and second stops for aligning the prism in at least first and second directions, respectively. Wherein the first stop forms a planar stop surface against which a first planar surface of the prism rests, and the second stop forms a linear stop contour against which a second planar surface of the prism rests.