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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); G02B 23/2415 (2013.01); G02B 23/2423 (2013.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00193 (2013.01); A61B 1/051 (2013.01);
Abstract
A holder for an optical system of an endoscope, the holder including: a take-up region configured to receive an optical element; and at least one fixing region configured to fix the holder in the optical system by a soldered connection, the fixing region being separate from the take-up region; wherein a material of the holder is a base material that is provided with a coating, a material of the coating having better solderability than the base material, the coating being removed from the take-up region to expose a surface of the take-up region, the exposed surface being blackened by a laser-assisted surface treatment.