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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2011
Applicants:
Norbert Haeckl, Leibertingen, DE;
Daniel Seeh, Immendingen, DE;
Inventors:
Norbert Haeckl, Leibertingen, DE;
Daniel Seeh, Immendingen, DE;
Assignee:
Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is an endoscope with a handle and an endoscope shaft connected to the handle, which has a bendable section and a rigid section, adjoining it, with a support extending in the longitudinal direction of the endoscope shaft, wherein the bendable section has a flexible outer tube the end of which facing the rigid section rests on the support, wherein a fixing sleeve is connected to the end section and covers the end of the outer tube facing the rigid section such that said end is clamped for fixing between the fixing sleeve and the support.