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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2005
Joachim Dehmel, Hamburg, DE;
Thomas Förster, Mölln, DE;
Mathias Kraas, Haseldorf, DE;
Gilbert Spahn, Schwarzenbek, DE;
Joachim Dehmel, Hamburg, DE;
Thomas Förster, Mölln, DE;
Mathias Kraas, Haseldorf, DE;
Gilbert Spahn, Schwarzenbek, DE;
Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A videoendoscopic system () including an endoscope optical system () and a camera portion (), the endoscope optical system () having an elongated shaft () through which an optical image guide () and a fiber light guide () pass, and an end housing (), which is proximally connected to the shaft () and has an image exit window () and a light entry window () with radiation directions that are parallel to one another and to the axis of the shaft (). The camera portion () includes a camera housing (), from which an image signal cable () and a light guide cable () pass out, and an image entry window () and a light exit window (), which are arranged with parallel radiation directions at a distance from the windows () in the end housing () and the end housing (). The camera housing () is constructed with a rotationally fixedly lockable coupling device () for coupling the windows () to one another in a centering manner. The the coupling device has a cylinder () on one of the housings and a matching bore () on the other housing (). The windows () are arranged in the end wall () of the cylinder () and the base wall () of the bore ().