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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2006
Applicant:
Viktor Josef Wimmer, Seeon, DE;
Inventor:
Viktor Josef Wimmer, Seeon, 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 having a bendable guide element, by means of which a tool can be securely guided and simultaneously steered outward into a broad operating area at the head of the endoscope.