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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:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jens Peter Wulfsberg, Neritz, DE;
Assignee:
Olympus Winter & IBE GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an endoscope with a hermetic housing wall ( ) and containing an optic element ( ) which is adjusted by a drive element ( ) powered in turn by a magnet ( ) configured outside the wall ( ). The optic elements ( ) can be held in specific adjustment positions by a detent device ( ) in such manner that the force of the magnet ( ) shall move it from one adjustment position into another. The magnet ( ) is mechanically separate from the endoscope.