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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Klaus M. Irion, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Fritz Hensler, Neuhausen, DE;
Christine Harendt, Muehlacker, DE;
Heinz-gerhard Graf, Magstadt, DE;
Robert Puers, Blanden, BE;
David Turgis, Leuven, BE;
Bert Lenaerts, Kortessem, BE;
Alberto Arena, Cascina, IT;
Arianna Menciassi, Pontedera, IT;
Vassilis Kodogiannis, Crete, GR;
Klaus M. Irion, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Fritz Hensler, Neuhausen, DE;
Christine Harendt, Muehlacker, DE;
Heinz-Gerhard Graf, Magstadt, DE;
Robert Puers, Blanden, BE;
David Turgis, Leuven, BE;
Bert Lenaerts, Kortessem, BE;
Alberto Arena, Cascina, IT;
Arianna Menciassi, Pontedera, IT;
Vassilis Kodogiannis, Crete, GR;
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an intracorporeal probe (), for example preferably for examining hollow organs or natural or artificially created body cavities in the human or animal body, the probe () being designed in the form of a capsule that can be introduced into the body without external connecting elements, comprising an elongate housing () and an image pickup unit () inside the housing () that is designed for optically recording a region (pickup region) outside the probe (). The image pickup unit () is held in a fashion capable of moving inside the housing () in order to vary the pickup region by means of such a movement (FIG.).