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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2021
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Sven Pabst, Giekau, DE;
Sebastian Jungbauer, Hamburg, DE;
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE & GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
An autoclavable electronics unit for an endoscope, the autoclavable electronics unit including: a multi-layer printed circuit board having a rigid region and a flexible region, the rigid region being reinforced by stiffener material to have a greater rigidity than the flexible region and the flexible region is configured to be bendable. Where the multi-layer printed circuit board is formed from structured layers made of conductive and non-conductive materials adhered together, in which the conductive structures form conductor tracks and contact surfaces; the rigid region is provided with one or more electronic components; and the rigid region is covered by an epoxy resin.