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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2021
Ambu A/s, Ballerup, DK;
Jakob Schütz, Neusäß, DE;
Günter Wilhelm Schütz, Augsburg, DE;
Daniel Bernd Roppenecker, Pürgen, DE;
Martin Refslund Nielsen, Birkerød, DK;
Jan Guldberg Hansen, Greve, DK;
AMBU A/S, Ballerup, DK;
Abstract
A steering assembly for an endoscope, the steering assembly including a first steering member rotatable around a rotation axis for bending a tip of the endoscope in a first directional plane, a second steering member rotatable around the rotation axis for bending the tip of the endoscope in a second directional plane, a first shaft mechanically engaged by a first form locking key connection with the first steering member for transmitting a torque induced by the first steering member to a first wire drum, a second shaft mechanically engaged by a second form locking key connection with the second steering member for transmitting a torque induced by the second steering member to a second wire drum, wherein the first shaft and the second shaft are arranged coaxially to each other.