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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. 15, 2004
Filed:
May. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
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 having a tubular stem that, at its distal end, houses a camera and a distally pointing illumination device. The tubular stem defines an empty space extending from the camera in the proximal direction. The empty space receives a camera cable and is used to house implements useful during operation of the endoscope in a surgical procedure.