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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ulrich Kehr, Ostfildern, DE;
Jürgen Rudischhauser, Tuttlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 ;
Abstract
An endoscope has a tubular shaft in whose interior is arranged at least one component of an optical system. At least one support element made from a shrinkable material surrounds at least partially said component in a radial gap between the outer side of said component and the inner side of said tubular shaft. After shrinking of said support element the radial gap is filled up in a manner such that the component is immobilized on the inner side of the tubular shaft via the shrunken support element (FIG. 1).