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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. 22, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Jorg Dickopp, Reinbeck, DE;
Henning Wedler, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Jorg Dickopp, Reinbeck, DE;
Henning Wedler, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Olympus Winter & IBE GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disposable implement insertable into an endoscope and comprising at least one zone matched to the shape of the endoscope. The at least one zone is designed to be permanently deformed on account of having been used a first time by the inevitable mechanical, thermal and/or chemical treatment it undergoes in the endoscope, and before renewed use in the endoscope. Deformation of the at least one zone eliminates shape-matching of the zone to the endoscope, and is readily visually apparent to a user.