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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank-Michael Smid, Hamburg, DE;
Michael Wiegand, Nehren/Tübingen, DE;
Thomas Wosnitza, Lüneburg, 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
An endoscope fill bar including a device to change the cross-section of a rounded end zone of the fill bar that protects distally beyond the endoscope distal end when the fill bar is in its functional position. The cross-sectional altering device is driven by an adjusting system mounted on the fill bar and through an adjustment link, and includes a lever resting at the distal end zone in a spreading-out and retracting manner.