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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harald Haan, Schaffhausen, CH;
Beat Krattiger, Beringen, CH;
Manfred Kuster, Schaffhausen, CH;
Pavel Novak, Schaffhausen, CH;
Jörg Reling, Weilheim, DE;
Assignee:
Storz Endoskop GmbH, , CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/324 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/324 ;
Abstract
An endoscope for inspection of an observation cavity, in particular of an observation cavity in which a hot medium and/or infrared radiation is present, has a shaft in which an optical system is arranged. The shaft has an inner shaft and an outer shaft surrounding the latter at a distance, the optical system being arranged in the inner shaft. The shaft is configured in the region of its distal end in such a way that it is substantially opaque to electromagnetic radiation in the infrared spectral range.