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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:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Thomas Viebach, Pischertshofen, DE;
Fritz Pauker, Friedberg, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Viebach, Pischertshofen, DE;
Fritz Pauker, Friedberg, DE;
Assignee:
STM Medizintechnik Starnberg GmbH, Weinheim, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an endoscope shaft comprising a movable distal end portion which is bendable by means of an operating device, the distal end portion having at least one decentralized hose member extending along the distal end portion, said hose member being integrally formed of a plurality of directly superimposed expansion bellows and forming a continuous pressure chamber so as to expand in the longitudinal direction when pressure is applied.