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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Klaus Renner, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Werner Schuele, Leibertingen, DE;
Inventors:
Klaus Renner, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Werner Schuele, Leibertingen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an endoscope for medical and non-medical purposes having a housing and a shaping element positioned in the housing containing a hygroscopic substance. To design a medical instrument of the aforementioned type in such a manner than the hygroscopic substance can be integrated into the housing simply and securely with the greatest possible drying effect, it is proposed in keeping with the invention that the binding agent is also a hygroscopically active substance.