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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:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thorsten Lüdtke, Hamburg, DE;
Thomas Wosnitza, L{overscore (u)}neburg, DE;
Jens Peter Wulfsberg, Neritz, DE;
Andreas M{overscore (u)}ckner, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Olympus Winter & IBE GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 ;
Abstract
A medical endoscope with sealed housing and receiving an electrically powered and/or controlled system, further comprising an installed light guide sealed against the ambience and fitted with electric/light (E/L) transducers at one end, is characterized in that a light/electricity (L/E) transducer is mounted at the other end of the light guide, one of the light guide ends being mounted inside the housing and the associated transducer being electrically connected to the electrical system.