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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2022
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Martin Wieters, Barsbuettel, DE;
Sebastian Jungbauer, Hamburg, DE;
Timo Pfander, Hamburg, DE;
Claudia Stoeter, Hamburg, DE;
Mathias Laser, Hamburg, DE;
OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A video endoscope including: an outer cladding tube, a fiber tube accommodated in the outer cladding tube, wherein the fiber tube has a housing bounding a closed space with a distal end and a proximal end, wherein a front-side window is provided at the distal end of the fiber tube, the fiber tube having an inner tube (for accommodating an imaging sensor, and a heating foil provided between the fiber tube and the inner tube. Where, the heating foil is adapted to heat the front-side window at the distal end of the fiber tube.