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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2004
Hansgeorg Schaaf, Reichertshausen, DE;
Hansgeorg Schaaf, Reichertshausen, DE;
Polydiagnost GmbH, Pfaffenhofen, DE;
Abstract
An endoscope comprising a flexible catheter probehaving a plurality of lumens, a handleprovided at the proximal end of the probe, an optical systemprovided in at least one optical system lumen of the catheter probe, at least one working lumen for a surgical instrument and a control element which is fixed to the distal endof the probe or in the proximity thereof for bending the end of the probe and is guided movably in the axial direction at the probe, wherein the optical systemwhich projects beyond the proximal end of the catheter probeis guided in a flexible tube which is elastically resilient in its longitudinal direction and exerts a prestressing on the optical system in the longitudinal direction thereof in a direction towards the translucently closed optical system lumen.