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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Jürgen Rudischhauser, Tuttlingen, DE;
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Abstract
The invention discloses an endoscope having an outer tube in whose distal end area are mounted an endoscope objective whose image is transmitted by an image transmitter to the proximal end of the endoscope, and a distal end window which closes the outer tube in a fluid- and gas-tight manner, and through which the path of the rays of the endoscope objective runs. The disclosed endoscope is characterized in that the distal end window and/or the proximal eyepiece window are glued in a manner known per se by their rim into the outer tube, the eyepiece cup or an adapter set into the outer tube or eyepiece cup, and in that a solderable ring-shaped layer is applied on at least one end surface of the end window for additionally joining the end window to the outer tube or adapter by means of a soldering layer.