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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
Fang Lei, Durchhausen, DE;
Markus Kupferschmid, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Fang Lei, Durchhausen, DE;
Markus Kupferschmid, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Abstract
A rod lens comprises a tubular body having a first end, a second end, a length and a diameter, a first optically transparent closing element, tightly sealing the first end of the tubular body, a second optical transparent closing element, tightly sealing the second end of the body. The rod lens further comprises n further optical elements being positioned within the tubular body defining n+1 chambers in the tubular body, with n being an integer >0, and n+1 optical fluids being positioned in the n+1 chambers, with each of the n+1 optical fluids being positioned in one of the n+1 chambers, whereby at least one of the n+1 optical fluids having a refractive index different from the other n+1 optical fluids.