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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2023
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Anina Cooter, Goleta, CA (US);
Michael Kloter, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Evan M. Leingang, Plymouth, NM (US);
Kevin R. Lochner, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Indrek-Toomas Polluks, Rakvere, EE;
Marko Radosevic, Goleta, CA (US);
Jeremy Roth, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Reed O. Saunders, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thomas A. Tedham, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Richard A. Thompson, II, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Chase Van Rossen, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A system includes an endoscope connector and an endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector includes a first portion. The first portion includes a first magnetic coupling element and a first planar portion that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope connector. The endoscope adapter includes a second planar portion. The second planar portion includes a second magnetic coupling element and a substantially planar surface that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector is non-mechanically attachable to the endoscope adapter using the first magnetic coupling element and the second magnetic coupling element. The first planar portion is alignable with the second planar portion such that: electroconductive contacts of the endoscope connector are axially aligned with electroconductive pins of the endoscope adapter and a port of the endoscope connector is axially aligned with a corresponding insertion port of the endoscope adapter.